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Social norm coordination and readiness to change female genital cutting: Evidence from Senegambia. [PDF]
SSM Popul Health, 2020 Background Female genital cutting (FGC), which poses risks to the health of girls, has proved remarkably persistent in many communities in Africa, despite decades of efforts to discourage it.
Wander K, Shell-Duncan B.
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Sexual norms and the intention to use healthcare services related to female genital cutting: A qualitative study among Somali and Sudanese women in Norway. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2020 Background Female Genital Cutting (FGC) is a traditionally meaningful practice in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. It is associated with a high risk of long-term physical and psychosexual health problems.
Ziyada MM, Lien IL, Johansen REB.
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Barriers to access to the Norwegian healthcare system among sub-Saharan African immigrant women exposed to female genital cutting. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2020 Introduction Millions of women and girls have been exposed to female genital cutting (FGC). The practice of FGC extends beyond countries in Africa and Asia in which it is traditionally practiced.
Mbanya VN +4 more
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Female genital cutting in Malaysia: a mixed-methods study [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2019 Objective This study aimed to understand the reasons for the practice by the Muslim community, traditional practitioners and the views of religious scholars as well as the medicalisation trend of the practice of female genital cutting (FGC).Design This ...
Abdul Rashid, Yufu Iguchi
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Addressing Female Genital Cutting among service providers in New York. [PDF]
Prof Psychol Res Pr, 2021 Akinsulure-Smith AM, Wong T, Min M.
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Ethnicities, 2020 Based on fieldwork that aimed to gather more knowledge on female genital cutting among Kurdish–Norwegians, in this article we report on how research participants would often talk about male circumcision instead. Informed by current scholarship and public
Ingvild Bergom Lunde, Mette Sagbakken
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Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2004 In this issue of Acta Dr Abdul-Almawla Kangoum and co-authors publish a survey on female genital mutilation – now called female genital cutting (FGC) – in a Swedish county. The survey was basically carried out as a questionnaire including an invitation to an interview and a clinical examination.
Bettina Shell-Duncan, Ylva Hernlund
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Sexual Medicine, 2022 Background: There is a lack of specialised psychosocial and sexual therapies for cancer patients in the African context. Aim: This paper aims to highlight gaps in capacities of health care providers to address psychosocial and sexual needs of patients ...
Padaruth Ramlachan, MBChB, MHlthSc, FECSM +4 more
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Journal of Development Economics, 2023 We investigate the long-run impacts of Christian missions on female genital cutting (FGC) in Africa. Our empirical analysis draws on historical data on the locations of early European missions geographically matched with Demographic and Health Survey ...
H. C. Fors, A. Isaksson, Annika Lindskog
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BMC Health Services Research, 2022 Background Female genital mutilation (FGM) curtails women’s health, human rights and development. Health system as a critical pillar for social justice is key in addressing FGM while executing the core mandate of disease prevention and management.
Samuel Kimani +3 more
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