What is the Prevalence of Infertility in the US Assignment
Module 1 - Case
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF INFERTILITY
Case Assignment
Please read the materials provided in the background materials section of this module, and, after doing please write a 2-3 page paper that addresses the following questions:
1 What is the prevalence of infertility in the U.S.? (Your response should address both male and female factor infertility.)
2 What are the demographic characteristics (i.e., age, educational attainment, poverty status, race/ethnicity, etc.) of women with impaired fecundity?
3 What are the demographic characteristics of women receiving infertility treatment?
4 To what extent is there a gap between those in need of infertility treatment and those who actually receive it? If a gap indeed exists, to what factors does the scholarly literature attribute this discrepancy?
5 What are three common causes of infertility among women? Please explain each.
6 What are three common causes of infertility among men? Please explain each.
Assignment Expectations
After reading the background materials for this assignment, write a paper in which you provide your responses to the specific questions that I have posed above.
LENGTH: 2-3 pages typed and double-spaced
The following items will be assessed in particular:
1 PRECISION: Each of the questions of the assignment is specifically addressed in the paper.
2 CLARITY: The paper reads clearly (i.e., it is not confusing) and is well-structured.
3 BREADTH: The paper presents appropriate breadth covering the questions of the assignment.
4 DEPTH: The paper presents points that lead to a deeper understanding of the matters and/or issues being discussed and integrates several points into coherent conclusions.
5 CRITICAL THINKING: You set aside your own personal biases and instead approach the subject matter using available scholarly evidence. You consider the strengths and weaknesses of competing arguments/perspectives on this topic. Having read these scholarly sources, you make a judgement as to the merit of the arguments presented therein.
NOTE: Please be sure to provide citations of sources consulted in preparing your paper in the body of the actual document itself (i.e., in addition to furnishing a reference list). Remember, any statement that you make that is not common knowledge or that originates from your synthesis or interpretation of materials that you have read must have a citation associated with it. For guidelines on in-text citations, visit the following web site: http://owl(dot)english(dot)purdue(dot)edu/owl/resource/560/02/
Infertility Case 1
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1. What is the prevalence of infertility in the U.S.? (Your response should address both male and female factor infertility.)
Infertility is commonly linked with women as it is considered as a situation when a woman cannot conceive after having unprotected sex. According to the Center for Disease control statistics the prevalence of infertility is between 10% to 15% in couples in America .this can be translated to mean that one in every ten women in America of the reproductive age may be infertile .the same statistics indicate that 30 percent of men are infertile (Cobbs,2010).
2. What are the demographic characteristics (age, educational attainment, poverty status, race/ethnicity, etc.) of women with impaired fecundity?
According to the data national survey on family planning, the demographic characteristic of women with impaired fecundity includes age, their marital status whether separated, cohabiting, or not cohabiting. Others include parity, if one has sought medical help to become pregnant within a period of one year, the level of education be it high school, college or university education. The other characteristic includes poverty level; race to determine if they have ever used some medical help to become pregnant (Chrandra, Martinez, Mosher, Abma, and Jones, 2005)
3. What are the demographic characteristics of women receiving infertility treatment?
One of the demographic characteristics of women receiving infertility treatment includes advice on how to time intercourse within the monthly cycle, issues of infertility testing for the partner and ovulation. Medical help to prevent miscarriage and other treatment related to reproductive health .Certain methods like artificial insemination procedure including Vitro fertilization. Other characteristics include infertility services among older couples who have not conceived and the levels of education and income. The important aspect is the number of visit within one year to seek medical help to conceive (Hall and Moreau, 2012).
4 To what extent is there a gap between those in need of infertility treatment and those who receive it? If a gap indeed exists, to what factors does the sch...