The experiences of infertility of West African women
Suopelto, Delvin (2020)
Suopelto, Delvin
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020052714618
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020052714618
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This thesis aims to explore women's experiences of Infertility in West African countries. The study intends to find out what kind of emotions and implications infertile West African women have, what they go through in life. The theoretical framework used to be reflected in the results is from the theory of suffering human beings by Katie Eriksson (2006). Life suffering and the drama of suffering is discussed.
The research methodology applied in this study is a Systematic Literature Review. The articles that were included in this study were searched through databases, PubMed, CINAHL, and Google Scholar. The resulting materials were then scanned and screened for inclusion/exclusion criteria. Data search yielded in a total of 6 qualitative peer-reviewed articles for data analysis. The results from the study were analyzed by the aid of the qualitative content analysis by the inductive approach.
The findings suggest that infertile women of West Africa are faced with stigmatization and discrimination, whereby family and society encourage husbands with infertile wives to practice polygamy. Infertile women are blamed for Infertility in marriages regardless of male Infertility. The study indicated that infertile women are more prone to experience psychological turmoil of fear, loneliness, sadness, anxiety, and depression caused by their families and society. And some infertile women were hesitant to seek infertility treatments due to the high costs; instead, they tried treatments from herbalists.
The research methodology applied in this study is a Systematic Literature Review. The articles that were included in this study were searched through databases, PubMed, CINAHL, and Google Scholar. The resulting materials were then scanned and screened for inclusion/exclusion criteria. Data search yielded in a total of 6 qualitative peer-reviewed articles for data analysis. The results from the study were analyzed by the aid of the qualitative content analysis by the inductive approach.
The findings suggest that infertile women of West Africa are faced with stigmatization and discrimination, whereby family and society encourage husbands with infertile wives to practice polygamy. Infertile women are blamed for Infertility in marriages regardless of male Infertility. The study indicated that infertile women are more prone to experience psychological turmoil of fear, loneliness, sadness, anxiety, and depression caused by their families and society. And some infertile women were hesitant to seek infertility treatments due to the high costs; instead, they tried treatments from herbalists.