Nurs Stand. 2014 Jul 1;28(43):22-3. doi: 10.7748/ns.28.43.22.s27. School nurses take lead on FGM. Trueland J. ABSTRACT Female genital mutilation is now recognised as an important public health issue in the UK, requiring action from nurses and midwives. School nurses in particular are being enlisted to identify and support girls at risk of FGM, and helpContinue reading “School nurses take lead on FGM.”
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‘Gosh’: A cross-cultural encounter with a Somali woman, a male interpreter and a gynecologist on female genital cutting/mutilation.
Patient Educ Couns. 2014 Aug 28. pii: S0738-3991(14)00363-2. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.08.014. [Epub ahead of print] ‘Gosh’: A cross-cultural encounter with a Somali woman, a male interpreter and a gynecologist on female genital cutting/mutilation. Schuster S. ABSTRACT I saw the woman for the first time on the gynecological emergency at a Swiss University Women’s Hospital. She wasContinue reading “‘Gosh’: A cross-cultural encounter with a Somali woman, a male interpreter and a gynecologist on female genital cutting/mutilation.”
Aproximation to the ablation/female genital mutilation (A/FGM) from the transcultural nursing. A bibliographical revision.
Enferm. glob. vol.11 no.28 Murcia oct. 2012 Aproximation to the ablation/female genital mutilation (A/FGM) from the transcultural nursing. A bibliographical revision. (Article in Spanish) Jiménez Ruiz I. Almansa Martínez P, Pastor Bravo MM, Pina Roche F ABSTRACT Objective: Analysing the argumentations in favour to the Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) with the intention to know and understand the complex and subjective realityContinue reading “Aproximation to the ablation/female genital mutilation (A/FGM) from the transcultural nursing. A bibliographical revision.”
Female genital cutting: an evidence-based approach to clinical management for the primary care physician.
Mayo Clin Proc. 2013 Jun;88(6):618-29. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2013.04.004. Female genital cutting: an evidence-based approach to clinical management for the primary care physician. Hearst AA, Molnar AM. Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104, USA. ABSTRACT The United States has more than 1.5 million immigrants from countries in Africa and the Middle East where femaleContinue reading “Female genital cutting: an evidence-based approach to clinical management for the primary care physician.”
E-solidarity, a means of fighting against FGM (Female Genital Mutilation)
Education and the Knowledge Society. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing. 2005, 161: 231-236. E-solidarity, a means of fighting against FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) Corsini-Karagouni A ABSTRACT This project aims to contribute to the eradication of the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) throughout the Maasailand in Kenya in agreement with the World Health Organisation (WHO) policyContinue reading “E-solidarity, a means of fighting against FGM (Female Genital Mutilation)”
[Las mutilaciones genitales femeninas: reflexiones para una intervención desde la atención primaria]
Aten Primaria. 2006;38(2):122-6 [Las mutilaciones genitales femeninas: reflexiones para una intervención desde la atención primaria] [Article in Spanish] Kaplan Marcusan A, Torán Monserrat P, Bedoya Muriel MH, Bermúdez Anderson K, Moreno Navarro J, and Bolíbar Ribas B. EXTRACT En los últimos 20 años, España se ha convertido en punto de destino de movimientos migratorios de personas procedentes de diversos países del ÁfricaContinue reading “[Las mutilaciones genitales femeninas: reflexiones para una intervención desde la atención primaria]”
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”
The encounters that rupture the myth: contradictions in midwives´descriptions and explanations of circumcised women immigrants´sexuality
Health Care Women Int. 2004 25(8): 743-760. 10.1080/07399330490475593 The encounters that rupture the myth: contradictions in midwives´descriptions and explanations of circumcised women immigrants´sexuality Leval A, Widmark C, Tishelman C, Ahlberg BM ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to analyze how Swedish midwives (n = 26) discuss sexuality in circumcised African women patients. In focus groups and interviews, discussions concentrated on careContinue reading “The encounters that rupture the myth: contradictions in midwives´descriptions and explanations of circumcised women immigrants´sexuality”
The experiences of African women giving birth in Brisbane, Australia.
Health Care Women Int. 2010 May;31(5):458-72. doi: 10.1080/07399330903548928. The experiences of African women giving birth in Brisbane, Australia. Murray L, Windsor C, Parker E, Tewfik O. School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Australia. linda.murray@qut.edu.au ABSTRACT Our purpose in this research was to uncover first-person descriptions of the birth experiences ofContinue reading “The experiences of African women giving birth in Brisbane, Australia.”
“They get a C-section…they gonna die”: Somali women’s fears of obstetrical interventions in the United States.
J Transcult Nurs. 2010 Jul;21(3):220-7. doi: 10.1177/1043659609358780. “They get a C-section…they gonna die”: Somali women’s fears of obstetrical interventions in the United States. Brown E, Carroll J, Fogarty C, Holt C. University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14620, USA. elizabeth_brown@urmc.rochester.edu ABSTRACT The authors explore sources of resistance to common prenatal and obstetrical interventions amongContinue reading ““They get a C-section…they gonna die”: Somali women’s fears of obstetrical interventions in the United States.”
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