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Attitudes among paediatric healthcare professionals in Sweden towards sperm donation to single women : a survey study
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- Armuand, Gabriela (author)
- Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för barns och kvinnors hälsa,Medicinska fakulteten
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- Skoog Svanberg, Agneta, 1958- (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Reproduktiv hälsa,Department of Womens and Childrens Health, Uppsala University, Sweden
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- Lampic, Claudia (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Uppsala universitet,Livsstil och rehabilitering vid långvarig sjukdom,Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden,Department of Womens and Childrens Health, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden; Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden
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- Elenis, Evangelia, 1983- (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Reproduktiv hälsa,Department of Womens and Childrens Health, Uppsala University, Sweden
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- Sydsjö, Gunilla, 1956- (author)
- Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för barns och kvinnors hälsa,Medicinska fakulteten,Region Östergötland, Kvinnokliniken US
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- 2020-05-07
- 2020
- English.
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In: Fertility research and practice. - : BioMed Central. - 2054-7099. ; 6
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Abstract
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- Background: The number of families conceived through sperm donation to single women is increasing. However, there is limited knowledge about health care professionals' attitudes towards solo-mothers by choice, and there is some indication that professionals' personal opinions influence their care of individuals who use alternate ways to build a family. The primary aim of the study was to investigate attitudes towards, and experiences of, families following sperm donation to single women among healthcare professionals working in primary child healthcare.Methods: Between April and November 2016 a total of 712 physicians, registered nurses and psychologists working within primary healthcare in Sweden were invited to participate in a cross-sectional online survey study. The study-specific questionnaire contained the following four domains: Attitudes towards legalization and financing, Attitudes towards the family and the child's health, Clinical experience and Knowledge about sperm donation to single women.Results: The majority of the participants were positive or neutral towards sperm donation being allowed to single women in Sweden. However, one third believed that children risk worse mental health and social stigma. Half of healthcare professionals had own clinical experience of caring for solo-mothers by choice and their children, and of these one third perceived that these families had more need of support than other parents. One out of four indicated that they did not have sufficient knowledge to be able to provide adequate care to these families.Conclusions: The present results indicate that while there was a relatively large support for sperm donation being allowed to single women in Sweden among health care professionals, many expressed concerns about the child's health, as well as low confidence in their knowledge about the specific needs in this patient group. There is a need for educational interventions targeted to healthcare professionals in primary child healthcare in order to provide adequate care to solo-mothers by choice and their children.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Reproduktionsmedicin och gynekologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Omvårdnad (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Nursing (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Hälso- och sjukvårdsorganisation, hälsopolitik och hälsoekonomi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Attitudes
- Donor assisted conception
- Healthcare professionals
- Pediatric
- Reproductive medicine
- Sperm donation
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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