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ERIC Number: EJ1479583
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
EISSN: EISSN-1940-3208
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Balancing Career Goals and Parenthood Desires: Results from a Survey of Undergraduate Pre-Health Students at a Hispanic-Serving Institution in Texas
Katelyn M. Sileo1; Gabriella Reynoso1; Kendle Torok1; A. Nicole Moreno1; Lisa N. Miura2
Journal of American College Health, v73 n6 p2464-2474 2025
Objective: To examine family planning and fertility experiences and views, as well as desired parenthood timing and career plans, of diverse undergraduate pre-health students. Participants: 266 pre-health undergraduate students attending a Hispanic-Serving Institution in South Texas. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional, online survey with a purposive sample of undergraduate students and analyzed data descriptively. Results: 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. Conclusions: 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.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Texas
Grant or Contract Numbers: K01MH121663
Author Affiliations: 1Department of Public Health, One UTSA Circle, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA; 2Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA