Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: Non-reproductive health barriers to a wanted baby are an understudied population in the field of infertility research. This is a concern for fertility, public health, and family scholars as the lack of information can have affects the attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors of couples with non-reproductive health barriers. Using the National Survey of Fertility Barriers (NSFB) and Survey Driven Narrative Construction, I was able to identify thirty-two women and their partners who have confronted a non-reproductive health barrier. These women did not self-identify and were grouped as such by the author. I found that the majority of the couples do not identify as infertile and do not group themselves as such. Additionally, I identified evidence of biographical disruption including the tension between having and raising children, reassessment of one’s biography and identity, and coping with the disruption of illness and the related inability to have a wanted child. Advisor: Julia McQuillan
Source: Lincoln (University of Nebraska)
Author: Jennifer A. Andersen
Language: English
Subfield: Reproductive Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2623352773