This study addresses the lack of systemic, age-appropriate fertility education in Poland. Knowledge regarding biological limitations, fertility preservation options, and available consultation pathways often reaches patients only after they encounter difficulties conceiving or are diagnosed with a condition affecting fertility. Consequently, education tends to be reactive rather than preventive. There is also a lack of reliable, easily accessible information for parents regarding a child's first months of life and the postpartum period.
The primary recommendation is to integrate fertility education into existing healthcare system tools, such as the Online Patient Account (Internetowe Konto Pacjenta), the mojeIKP app, and the "Moje Zdrowie" (My Health) program. The author also proposes expanding the "Moje Zdrowie" program to include a reproductive health component and creating a supplement—available in both print and digital formats—for the Child Health Record (Książeczka Zdrowia Dziecka). Modeled on the French Carnet de santé, this supplement would provide practical information on newborn care, child development, and maternal health after childbirth.
Aleksandra Kobyłecka is a medical student pursuing a dual MD/MSc degree at Université Paris Cité. She served as the Youth Delegate of the Republic of Poland to the UN for the 2025–2026 term and is currently completing an internship at the National University of Singapore. She is a scholarship recipient of the Rafał Brzoska Foundation, a laureate of the École de l'Inserm Liliane Bettencourt program, and an alumna of ADAMED SmartUP. Her thesis mentor was Professor Ewelina Chawłowska from the Poznan University of Medical Sciences, a specialist in public health and health education.
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The paper was produced as part of the Young Think Policy Briefs Health program.