Fertility and Infertility
Professional Resource Brief
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). Patient Education FAQs. Fact sheets in a question-and-answer format about evaluating infertility and treating infertility.
- American Fertility Association (AFA). Information and support for women and men dealing with infertility. Topics include infertility causes and treatments; adoption; third-party reproduction; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender family building; and preventing infertility.
- American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). Educational tools, practice guidelines, patient information, ethics committee
reports and statements, and research news on reproductive
health topics that include fertility preservation,
recurrent
pregnancy
loss, infertility, assisted reproductive technology (ART), and state infertility health insurance laws.
- American Urological Association Foundation (AUAF): Male Infertility. Information about the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of male infertility.
- Census Bureau: Fertility. Data tables about the fertility of American women and men.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Division of Reproductive Health. Information about infertility and about CDC's National Action Plan for prevention, detection, and management of infertility (Spanish). Also see CDC's Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), which iinclues patient resource, ART success rates and resources about preparing for pregnancy and infertility treatment.
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). National data and statistics about fertility and infertility, including
- FastStats. Statistics about births and natality and infertility with links to additional resources.
- National Vital Statistics System: Birth Data. Statistical information from birth certificates in the United States. Cohort fertility tables include central birth rates, cumulative birth rates, birth distributions, and birth probabilities for cohorts of women as they pass through their childbearing years.
- FastStats. Statistics about births and natality and infertility with links to additional resources.
- RESOLVE:
The National Infertility Association.
Information for people experiencing
infertility on topics that include diagnosis, management, and family-building options. Also presents online infertility support communities and directories for professional services by specialty (e.g., fertility consultants), support groups, and local RESOLVE helplines.
Related MCH Digital Library Resources
- Assisted Reproductive Technologies resource brief
- Health Insurance and Access to Care for Children and Adolescents professional resource guide, family resource brief, school resource brief
- Infant Mortality and Pregnancy Loss professional resource guide, family resource brief
- Medications resource brief
- Preconception and Pregnancy professional resource guide, family resource brief
Fertility and Infertility: Resource Brief. (January 2012). Updated: December 2014, November 2014.
Author: Susan Brune Lorenzo, M.L.S., MCH Digital Library
Reviewers: Olivia Pickett, M.A., M.L.S., MCH Digital Library
Editor: Ruth Barzel, M.A., MCH Digital Library.