Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) in reproductive-age women is accompanied by menstrual and fertility disorders and premature menopause. Objective We sought to determine nephrologists' and allied health care providers' perceptions on management of sex hormone status in women with CKD. Methods An anonymous, Internet-based survey was sent to nephrology society members from Canada, Austr...

BACKGROUND The Internet has revolutionized fertility care since it became a popular source of information and support for infertile patients in the last decade. The aim of this scoping review is to map (i) the main categories of patient-focused Internet interventions within fertility care, (ii) the detailed composition of the interventions and (iii) how these interventions were evaluated. MET...

BACKGROUND Despite a large body of data suggesting that delivery of fertility care to cancer patients is inconsistent and frequently insufficient, there is a paucity of literature examining training in fertility preservation for those physicians expected to discuss options or execute therapy. The study objective was to compare fertility preservation training between Reproductive Endocrinology &...

This paper argues that the decline in the Japanese total fertility rate was caused mainly by the rise in the unmarried population. Possible explanations are late marriages, high educational expenditures and housing costs, women’s higher education and increased participation in the workforce, and a change in cultural values. The fertility rate among married women has remained at the replacement ...

In this work we explore the hypothesis that unemployment may be responsible for recent trends in fertility and participation rates in some European countries. We estimate a reduced form model of fertility and female participation using regional panel data, considering 10 regional aggregates for Great Britain over the period 1983-1997 and 14 regional aggregates for Italy over the period 1983-199...

1. Abbasi‐Shavazi MJ. Recent changes and the future of fertility in Iran. In: United Nations Population Division, completing the fertility transition. Available from: http://www.un.org/ esa/population/publications/completingfertility/2RevisedA BBASIpaper.PDF [Last accessed on 2011 Oct 16]. 2. Abbasi‐Shavazi MJ, Mc‐Donald P, Hosseini‐Chavoshi M. In: The Fertility Transition in Iran; Revolution a...

Article type: Original article Background & aim: Iran has experienced a great variation in women's status in recent years. There is a little knowledge on how and why advancing gender equality and equity and the empowerment of women play a role in recent fertility reduction in the country. This study was conducted to gain insight into the role of gender beliefs and women's empowerment in the cou...

BACKGROUND Individuals affected by cancer report a need for information about fertility from health care professionals (HCPs), in order to inform decision making and alleviate anxiety. However, there is evidence that many health professionals do not engage in such discussions. METHOD A mixed method design was used to examine the construction and subjective experience of communication with hea...

Prominent racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in rates of unintended pregnancy, abortion, and unintended births exist in the United States. These disparities can contribute to the cycle of disadvantage experienced by specific demographic groups when women are unable to control their fertility as desired. In this review we consider 3 factors that contribute to disparities in family plann...

Despite impressive global investment in reproductive health programs in West Africa, maternal mortality remains unacceptably high and obstetric care is often inadequate. Fertility is among the highest in the world, while contraceptive prevalence remains among the lowest. This paper explores the social and technical dimensions of this situation. We argue that effective reproductive health progra...