Sileo Katelyn M, Reynoso Gabriella, Torok Kendle, Moreno A Nicole, Miura Lisa N
Department of Public Health, One UTSA Circle, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
J Am Coll Health. 2024 Jan 16:1-11. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2023.2299420.
To examine family planning and fertility experiences and views, as well as desired parenthood timing and career plans, of diverse undergraduate pre-health students.
266 pre-health undergraduate students attending a Hispanic-Serving Institution in South Texas.
We conducted a cross-sectional, online survey with a purposive sample of undergraduate students and analyzed data descriptively.
Most students desired children in the future but were concerned about planning the timing of parenthood against their career training. The results highlight the need to improve both family planning and fertility knowledge, based on a high unmet need for contraceptives, low perceived knowledge about fertility/infertility treatment, and a desire to learn more about planning the timing of their career training alongside parenthood.
This study highlights potential gaps in reproductive health information and services among diverse, health-focused students needed to inform choices about the timing of their families and career training.
研究不同的本科医学预科学生的计划生育和生育经历及观点,以及理想的生育时间和职业规划。
266名就读于南德克萨斯州一所西班牙裔服务机构的医学预科本科生。
我们对本科生进行了一项有目的抽样的横断面在线调查,并对数据进行描述性分析。
大多数学生希望未来生育子女,但担心在职业培训的同时规划生育时间。结果表明,鉴于对避孕药具的高需求未得到满足、对生育/不孕治疗的认知知识较低,以及希望更多地了解如何在生育的同时规划职业培训时间,有必要提高计划生育和生育知识。
本研究突出了不同的、关注健康的学生在生殖健康信息和服务方面可能存在的差距,这些差距对于为他们在家庭生育时间和职业培训方面的选择提供信息很有必要。