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Government policies regarding fertility awareness
Pre‐2012
Age and fertility treated as “social taboos” and addressed only by grass‐ root efforts from ob‐gyn professionals
Feb 2012 May 2013 Aug 2013
TV program addresses age‐
Female age‐limit of 42 for related decline in fertility assisted reproductive technology
(ART) subsidy introduced
Government advisory board proposes women’s health handbook
Criticism and public debate
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Government policies regarding fertility awareness
Pre‐2012
Feb 2012 May 2013 Aug 2013
60 Female age‐limit of 42 for
assisted reproductive technology 50
(ART) subsidy introduced
Mean fertility knowledge score
TV program addresses age‐ related decline in fertility
P < 0.001 34 % score
20 10 0
The sore on the CFKS‐J
Age and fertility treated as “social taboos” and addressed only by grass‐ root efforts from ob‐gyn professionals
Government advisory board 40 proposes women’s health 30
53 % score
Oct 2013 (Maeda et al., 2015)
Female triers
handbook
Criticism and public debate
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IFDMS 2009‐2010 Male triers
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