Access to infertility consultations: what women tell us about it?
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Resumo: | The main objective of the present paper is to evaluate the perception of women concerning the barriers and access to infertility consultations. Socio cultural and economic access to infertility consultations is detached and three municipalities of the northwest of Portugal were chosen as an example of a peripheral country. A quantitative/qualitative study was done with 60 women. Three dimensions were evaluated: geographic and structural and functional access; economic access; and sociocultural access. The main barriers were mainly identified in the last two dimensions. The economic access was the less well evaluated by women being the cost of treatment (medication, and concentration of costs in a short period) difficult to bear. This can justify a greater involvement of the Portuguese Government, by developing policies for the reimbursement of part of the costs. Also, some changes in structural and functional access must be done with special regard to the separation of the infertility consultations from the reproductive medicine section. The setting of the teams, with a follow-up by the same team of health professionals is also needed. |
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Access to infertility consultations: what women tell us about it?InfertilityPerceptionWomenCareAccessEquityHumanidades::Outras HumanidadesScience & TechnologyThe main objective of the present paper is to evaluate the perception of women concerning the barriers and access to infertility consultations. Socio cultural and economic access to infertility consultations is detached and three municipalities of the northwest of Portugal were chosen as an example of a peripheral country. A quantitative/qualitative study was done with 60 women. Three dimensions were evaluated: geographic and structural and functional access; economic access; and sociocultural access. The main barriers were mainly identified in the last two dimensions. The economic access was the less well evaluated by women being the cost of treatment (medication, and concentration of costs in a short period) difficult to bear. This can justify a greater involvement of the Portuguese Government, by developing policies for the reimbursement of part of the costs. Also, some changes in structural and functional access must be done with special regard to the separation of the infertility consultations from the reproductive medicine section. The setting of the teams, with a follow-up by the same team of health professionals is also needed.Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.Universidade do MinhoRemoaldo, Paula Cristina AlmeidaMartins, Maria de Fátima da Silva VieiraFaria, Juliana Patrícia AlvesVeiga, Paula20192019-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/58701engREMOALDO, P.C.; MARTIONS, M.de. F.; FARIA, J.; VEIGA, P. (2018), “Access to infertility consultations – What women tell us about it?”, Current Women's Health Reviews, Vol. 14, 20 p.1573-404810.2174/1573404814666171207154544info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:28:27Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/58701Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:23:16.945224Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Access to infertility consultations: what women tell us about it? |
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Access to infertility consultations: what women tell us about it? |
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Access to infertility consultations: what women tell us about it? Remoaldo, Paula Cristina Almeida Infertility Perception Women Care Access Equity Humanidades::Outras Humanidades Science & Technology |
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Access to infertility consultations: what women tell us about it? |
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Access to infertility consultations: what women tell us about it? |
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Access to infertility consultations: what women tell us about it? |
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Access to infertility consultations: what women tell us about it? |
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Access to infertility consultations: what women tell us about it? |
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Remoaldo, Paula Cristina Almeida |
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Remoaldo, Paula Cristina Almeida Martins, Maria de Fátima da Silva Vieira Faria, Juliana Patrícia Alves Veiga, Paula |
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Martins, Maria de Fátima da Silva Vieira Faria, Juliana Patrícia Alves Veiga, Paula |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Remoaldo, Paula Cristina Almeida Martins, Maria de Fátima da Silva Vieira Faria, Juliana Patrícia Alves Veiga, Paula |
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Infertility Perception Women Care Access Equity Humanidades::Outras Humanidades Science & Technology |
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Infertility Perception Women Care Access Equity Humanidades::Outras Humanidades Science & Technology |
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The main objective of the present paper is to evaluate the perception of women concerning the barriers and access to infertility consultations. Socio cultural and economic access to infertility consultations is detached and three municipalities of the northwest of Portugal were chosen as an example of a peripheral country. A quantitative/qualitative study was done with 60 women. Three dimensions were evaluated: geographic and structural and functional access; economic access; and sociocultural access. The main barriers were mainly identified in the last two dimensions. The economic access was the less well evaluated by women being the cost of treatment (medication, and concentration of costs in a short period) difficult to bear. This can justify a greater involvement of the Portuguese Government, by developing policies for the reimbursement of part of the costs. Also, some changes in structural and functional access must be done with special regard to the separation of the infertility consultations from the reproductive medicine section. The setting of the teams, with a follow-up by the same team of health professionals is also needed. |
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