Fertility Knowledge Survey, 2020: findings report

Fertility Knowledge Survey, 2020: findings report

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Contributor(s):
United States. Department of Health and Human Services, issuing body.
United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, issuing body.
United States. Public Health Service. Office of Population Affairs, issuing body.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.). Alliance to Modernize Healthcare. Federally Funded Research and Development Center, issuing body.
Publication:
[Washington, D.C] : Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of Population Affairs, June 30, 2020
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Fertility
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Young Adult
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Information on the fertility knowledge or awareness among young adults in the United States is limited in scope and quality. Existing studies, most of which are based on small convenience or other nonprobability samples, find that women and men lack awareness of infertility risk factors--including women's age--and believe various myths and misconceptions about infertility that may adversely affect their ability to achieve their reproductive goals. Having accurate knowledge about human fertility can help young adults who are entering their reproductive years to make informed decisions and plans about reproduction and empower them to seek appropriate and timely healthcare to achieve their goals. To address the limitations on data about fertility knowledge among young adults in the United States, the U.S. Office of Population Affairs (OPA) contracted with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Alliance to Modernize Healthcare (CAMH) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC). As the CAMH operator, The MITRE Corporation (MITRE) contracted with RTI International2 (RTI; Alliance Partner) to develop, test, and administer the Fertility Knowledge Survey, and analyze its data and report the results. In this study, "fertility" is defined as the ability of a woman to become pregnant or the ability of a man to get a woman pregnant. "Infertility" for individuals aged 18 to 29 years is the inability to get pregnant (female) or get a woman pregnant (male) after at least 1 year of trying. This report presents and discusses the preliminary findings from the Fertility Knowledge Survey. The report describes the study rationale, goal, and research questions; summarizes the process for developing and fielding the survey instrument; describes how the data were prepared for analysis and the analytic approach employed; and presents and discusses preliminary findings based on bivariate analysis.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (19 pages))
NLM Unique ID:
101777740 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101777740