Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2017 Feb;136 Suppl 1:38-42. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.12049. Sexual counselling for treating or preventing sexual dysfunction in women living with female genital mutilation: A systematic review. Okomo U, Ogugbue M, Inyang E, Meremikwu MM. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Female sexual dysfunction is the persistent or recurring decrease in sexual desire or arousal, the difficulty or inability toContinue reading “Sexual counselling for treating or preventing sexual dysfunction in women living with female genital mutilation: A systematic review.”
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Interventions for healthcare providers to improve treatment and prevention of female genital mutilation: a systematic review
BMC Health Serv Res. 2016 Aug 19;16(1):409. doi: 10.1186/s12913-016-1674-1. Interventions for healthcare providers to improve treatment and prevention of female genital mutilation: a systematic review Balfour J, Abdulcadir J, Say L, Hindin MJ ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Studies on healthcare providers’ awareness, knowledge and attitudes regarding female genital mutilation (FGM) have shown a lack of awareness ofContinue reading “Interventions for healthcare providers to improve treatment and prevention of female genital mutilation: a systematic review”
Health care of refugee women.
Aust Fam Physician. 2007 Mar;36(3):151-4. Health care of refugee women. Costa D. Womens Health Statewide, North Adelaide, Australia. danielac@chariot.net.au ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Women refugees have endured major discrimination and poverty in their countries of origin or countries of displacement. This has had a major impact on their physical and psychological health. The experience of resettlement placesContinue reading “Health care of refugee women.”
Female genital mutilation and public health: lessons from the British experience
Health Care for Women International. 1998 19(2) 119-129 Female genital mutilation and public health: lessons from the British experience Elizabeth Thompson Ortiz ABSTRACT The author addresses the public health policy challenge posed by the increasing numbers of immigrant girls and women in the United States affected by female genital mutilation (FGM), a traditional ritual health practiceContinue reading “Female genital mutilation and public health: lessons from the British experience”
Estimating the number of women with female genital mutilation in Belgium.
Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care. 2011 Aug;16(4):248-57. Epub 2011 May 11. Estimating the number of women with female genital mutilation in Belgium. Dubourg D, Richard F, Leye E, Ndame S, Rommens T, Maes S. Institute of Tropical Medicine , Antwerp, Belgium. ddubourg@itg.be ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To estimate the number of women with female genital mutilationContinue reading “Estimating the number of women with female genital mutilation in Belgium.”
Female genital mutilation and its prevention: a challenge for paediatricians.
Eur J Pediatr. 2009 Jan;168(1):27-33. Epub 2008 Apr 25. Female genital mutilation and its prevention: a challenge for paediatricians. Jaeger F, Caflisch M, Hohlfeld P. Service de Pédiatrie, Hôpital de Pourtalès, Rue de la Maladière 45, 2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. f.jaeger@gmx.ch ABSTRACT Female genital mutilation (FGM) is defined as an injury of the external female genitaliaContinue reading “Female genital mutilation and its prevention: a challenge for paediatricians.”
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