Based on the amount of literature associated with the authors’ names and their affiliation with various universities and scholarly works, Tadele Girum and Abebar Wasie appear qualified to report on this article’s topic. Girum (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadele-girum-a71973115/) has affiliations with Wolkite University and Dilla University, and specializes in epidemiology and biostatistics; Wasie (https://www.linkedin.com/in/abebaw-wasie-75b77183/?originalSubdomain=et) has affiliations with Wolkite University and Wollega University, and specializes in public health. This article’s approach is highly clinical and factually grounded in the results of professional studies, which fall under the expertise of Girum and Wasie. As such, their undertaking in this study abides by their professional works and is within their professional capacities.
This study boasts an impressive number of references, the vast majority of which come from PubMed and are also linked to Google Scholar. PubMed is widely regarded as reliable, especially considering its exceptional reputation in the medical community as accurate (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6300231/). With this information in mind and the seemingly scholarly reputation of the two authors, the content of this study appears highly reliable and likely contains very little bias.
The nature of this study defends this topic’s current and historic relevance in the medical field, which is further confirmed by the lengthy list of studies the authors use to facilitate their analysis. To further bolster the amount of media devoted to this topic, a quick Google search reveals numerous articles regarding this issue, which confirm interest in this topic beyond the professional medical field. This is to say that lay people concerned with infertility after contraceptive use can easily access online resources about this topic. For example, searching “infertility after contraceptive pill” in Google brings up many articles and studies beyond PubMed… Articles from Healthline (https://www.healthline.com/health/birth-control/can-birth-control-cause-infertility), ScienceDirect (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590151623000151), Shady Grove Fertility (https://www.shadygrovefertility.com/article/can-birth-control-cause-infertility/), and countless more. Additionally, supporting the outcome of the Girum and Wasie study, each of the sources on the first page of this Google search indicates that birth control doesn’t negatively impact fertility in the long term.
In conclusion, this article is highly reliable and presents relevant information with a widely agreed-upon consensus.
