Informed Reproductive Decision-Making: The Impact of Providing Fertility Information on Fertility Knowledge and Intentions to Delay Childbearing

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 400-405

  Williamson, Linzi E A ^a   Lawson, Karen L ^a   Downe, Pamela J ^a   Pierson, Roger A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delayed childbearing; Fertility; Reproductive intentions; Reproductive knowledge

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DESIRED AGE AT FIRST BIRTH; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FERTILITY INFORMATION; FERTILITY KNOWLEDGE; HUMAN; INFORMED REPRODUCTIVE DECISION MAKING; INTENDED AGE AT FIRST BIRTH; INTENTION TO DELAY CHILDBEARING; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARAMETERS; POSTTEST ONLY DESIGN; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DELAYED CHILDBEARING; FERTILITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE INTENTIONS; REPRODUCTIVE KNOWLEDGE;

DELAYED CHILDBEARING; FERTILITY; REPRODUCTIVE INTENTIONS; REPRODUCTIVE KNOWLEDGE;

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906962447     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(15)30585-5     Document Type: Article

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