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Attitude of infertile women to child adoption in Nigeria.

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: Infertility has serious consequences especially in Africa where a high premium is place on child bearing. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was administered on 396 consenting women seeking infertility treatment at the gynaecological clinic of the University College Hospital, Ibadan in an attempt to assess the attitude of infertile women in Nigeria to child adoption and its acceptability as a management option for infertility. Most (64%) believed its culturally unacceptable and only 17% will try it as an option. Sustained advocacy, community mobilization and enactment of supportive laws were some of the suggestions made by respondents to improve its uptake.

Source: PubMed

Authors: A Oladokun, O Arulogun, R Oladokun, F Adenike Bello, I O Morhassan-Bello, E A Bambgoye, I F Adewole, O A Ojengbede

Institutions: University College Hospital, Ibadan, University of Ibadan

Language: English

Topic: Reproductive Health and Technologies

Subfield: Reproductive Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Gender equality

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2407864742

FWCI: 0.759

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Cited by: 20

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