Self-reported effects of infertility on marital relationships among fertility clients at a public health facility in Accra, Ghana

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• 作者：Samuel H. Nyarko ; Hubert Amu
• 关键词：Self ; reported ; Infertility ; Marital relationship ; Fertility clients
• 刊名：Fertility Research and Practice
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：1
• 期：1
• 全文大小：480KB
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• 作者单位：Samuel H. Nyarko (1)
  Hubert Amu (2)
  
  1. Department of Population and Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Hohoe, Ghana
  2. Department of Population and Health, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
  
• 刊物类别：Obstetrics/Perinatology;
• 刊物主题：Obstetrics/Perinatology;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：2054-7099

文摘

Background There is little empirical literature on the effects of infertility on marital relationships in Ghana. This study sought to examine the effects of infertility on marital relationship among fertility clients at a Public Hospital in Accra, Ghana.