Background To assess infertility knowledge and treatment beliefs among African American
women in an urban community in Atlanta, Georgia. Methods This was a cross sectional …

Background Significant racial disparities exist in the US unplanned pregnancy rate. We
conducted a qualitative study using the theory of planned behavior as a framework to …

Background: Despite the rising prevalence of infertility, studies have indicated that in the
United States fertility awareness remains low. No published study to date, however, has …

OBJECTIVE: To assess physicians' awareness of the infertility risk associated with race, age,
and education, and to elicit their clinical management recommendations for a hypothetical …

Background Although infertility affects an estimated 6.1 million individuals in the United
States, only half of those individuals seek fertility treatment and the majority of those patients …

Background Unintended pregnancy is an important public health issue. Rates of unintended
pregnancy are disproportionately higher among women from racial and ethnic minority …

STUDY QUESTION How good is fertility knowledge and what are treatment beliefs in an
international sample of men and women currently trying to conceive? SUMMARY ANSWER …

Background Recent studies have demonstrated that it is common for women to report
inconsistent fertility motivations and family planning behaviors. This study examines these …

Disparities in the rates of unintended pregnancy have increased for low-income African
American women as compared to other groups due, in part, to declining contraception use …

Objectives Although a sizeable percentage of minority women use fertility awareness
methods (FAM), little is known about their use in the United States. We sought to fill this gap …