Arch Dis Child. 2015 Jul 27. pii: archdischild-2015-308243. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-308243. [Epub ahead of print] Female genital mutilation in children presenting to a London safeguarding clinic: a case series. Hodes D, Armitage A, Robinson K, Creighton SM BACKGROUND OBJECTIVE: To describe the presentation and management of children referred with suspected female genital mutilation (FGM) to aContinue reading “Female genital mutilation in children presenting to a London safeguarding clinic: a case series”
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Guidance. Female genital mutilation: guidelines to protect children and women
UK Home Office, Department for Education, and The Rt Hon Lynne Featherstone MP. 2011 Guidance. Female genital mutilation: guidelines to protect children and women These updated guidelines support and assist frontline professionals, such as teachers, health professionals, police officers and social workers, in safeguarding children and protecting adults from the abuses associated with FGM. This guidelinesContinue reading “Guidance. Female genital mutilation: guidelines to protect children and women”
UK’s shameful record on female genital mutilation.
BMJ. 2012 Dec 3;345:e8121. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8121. UK’s shameful record on female genital mutilation. Lloyd-Roberts S. BBC, London, UK. sue.lloyd-roberts@bbc.co.uk Comment in BMJ. 2013;346:f29. EXTRACT Last month the Crown Prosecution Service announced plans to crack down on practitioners of female genital mutilation. Sue Lloyd-Roberts asks why we are lagging behind our European neighbours Ayanna, a 23 year oldContinue reading “UK’s shameful record on female genital mutilation.”
UNICEF Benin FGM/C Country Profile
UNICEF. Benin DHS. 2001. UNICEF: BENIN FGM/C COUNTRY PROFILE NN.AA. EXTRACT … While the prevalence of FGM/C among women aged 15-49 varies significantly according to ethnicity, 17% of the women in Benin have undergone some form of FGM/C. This decreases among women in the younger age groups (29 and under). FGM/C varies significantly across regional and ethnic lines, averagingContinue reading “UNICEF Benin FGM/C Country Profile”
The Scottish NHS does not turn a blind eye to female genital mutilation.
BMJ. 2013 Jan 8;346:f29. doi: 10.1136/bmj.f29. The Scottish NHS does not turn a blind eye to female genital mutilation. Brown IG. Comment on BMJ. 2012;345:e8121. EXTRACT …I am the senior partner in a north Glasgow practice that has more than 3000 patients from an asylum seeking or refugee background. The practice has been involved inContinue reading “The Scottish NHS does not turn a blind eye to female genital mutilation.”
Cultural issues in child maltreatment
J Paediatr Child Health. Jan 2012 48(1): 30–37 Cultural issues in child maltreatment Raman S, Hodes D ABSTRACT Aims: Waves of immigration from the latter half of the 20th century have changed the cultural and ethnic mix of major regions of the world. Dynamic multicultural societies now are a reality across the Western world. The relationship andContinue reading “Cultural issues in child maltreatment”
Prevalence of female genital cutting in Upper Egypt: 6 years after enforcement of prohibition law
Reprod Biomed Online. 2008 16 (1): 27-31 Prevalence of female genital cutting in Upper Egypt: 6 years after enforcement of prohibition law Hassanin I, Saleh R, Bedaiwy AA, Peterson RS Bedaiwy MA ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of female genital cutting (FGC) in Upper Egypt, after 6 years of putting prohibition law into action. A totalContinue reading “Prevalence of female genital cutting in Upper Egypt: 6 years after enforcement of prohibition law”
Issues in Islamic Biomedical Ethics: A Primer for the Pediatrician
Pediatrics. Oct 1, 2001 (108)4, 965 -971 (doi: 10.1542/peds.108.4.965) Issues in Islamic Biomedical Ethics: A Primer for the Pediatrician Kamyar M. Hedayat and Roya Pirzadeh ABSTRACT The United States is becoming increasingly pluralistic. Pediatricians must become familiar with the factors that affect the emotional, physical, and spiritual health of their patients that are outside the ken of theContinue reading “Issues in Islamic Biomedical Ethics: A Primer for the Pediatrician”
[Is genital examination of preschool girls offensive?] [Article in Norwegian]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2007 Sep 20;127(18):2402-4. [Is genital examination of preschool girls offensive?]. [Article in Norwegian] Gulla K, Myhre AK, Bratlid D Barne- og ungdomsklinikken, St. Olavs Hospital, 7006 Trondheim. kari.gulla@hist.no Diskusjonen omkring rutineundersøkelse av barns underliv er ikke av ny dato. Blant annet gikk den høyt i 1990-årene, den gang i kjølvannet av flere store overgrepssaker. Debatten har nåContinue reading “[Is genital examination of preschool girls offensive?] [Article in Norwegian]”
[Genital mutilation of children is an offence. Do health services have a sufficient knowledge to see the problem?]
Lakartidningen. 2005 May 23-29;102(21):1637-8, 1640, 1642-3. [Genital mutilation of children is an offence. Do health services have a sufficient knowledge to see the problem?]. [Article in Swedish] Holmgren H, Almroth L, Berggren V, Bergström S. Barn- och ungdomskliniken, Centralsjukhuset, Kristianstad. ABSTRACT There are contradicting opinions whether female genital cutting (FGC) takes place in Sweden. TheContinue reading “[Genital mutilation of children is an offence. Do health services have a sufficient knowledge to see the problem?]”
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