Fertility options for muslim people: acceptability & awareness among clients and health service providers | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Fertility and Sterility | ||
| Article 4, Volume 14, Issue 1 - Serial Number 11106352, January 2011, Pages 16-20 PDF (1.68 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/egyfs.2011.254864 | ||
| Author | ||
| Saad El Gelany* | ||
| Saad El Gelany, MD Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Faculty of Medicine, El-Minia University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Objective: The available options for infertile Muslim couples are 1: remaining childless permanently 2: Polygynous marriage, 3: Divorce; 4: Fostering an orphan legally, or 5: New reproductive technologies. In nearly 20 nations of the Muslim Middle East and Muslim people in non-Islamic countries, marriage is highly valued and they can not live happily without children. Authors have made an important point regarding deficient counseling concerning awareness, acceptability and offering of these options. To test the above fertility options awareness & acceptability among infertile couples & consultants. Materials& Methods: 120 Muslim couples & 20 consultants were surveyed over a 6-months period were surveyed for their knowledge of fertility options awareness, acceptability and offering. It was hypothesized that less than 50% of the subjects had an adequate understanding of the available options. Results: 33% (n= 80) of subjects (for clients) had a score of 5 or more which was considered as having an adequate understanding of the available options, while less than 20 % of doctors (n = 4) offering other options during counseling. .The hypothesis was accepted, giving reason for concern about the effectiveness of consumer education at all levels of fertility management. Conclusions: In Muslim communities, fertility awareness is generally very poor among clients and consultants. The authors believe that there are many positive implications for promoting patient education about fertility awareness. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Fertility options; Muslim; awareness; acceptability | ||
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