Public Health Practice

Health information interventions for female genital mutilation.

Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2017 Feb;136 Suppl 1:79-82. doi:10.1002/ijgo.12052. Health information interventions for female genital mutilation. Smith H, Stein K. ABSTRACT Providing information and education to women and girls living with female genital mutilation (FGM) could be an important influence on their healthcare-seeking behavior. Healthcare providers also need adequate knowledge and skills to provide goodContinue reading “Health information interventions for female genital mutilation.”

Referrals for female genital mutilation must rise, say MPs.

BMJ. 2014 Jul 6;348:g4447. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g4447. Referrals for female genital mutilation must rise, say MPs. Dyer C. EXTRACT government should make the failure of professionals to report concerns a criminal offence unless reports rise substantially, a committee of MPs has said. In a hard hitting report that denounces the practice as an “extreme form ofContinue reading “Referrals for female genital mutilation must rise, say MPs.”

Changing gendered norms about women and girls at the level of household and community: a review of the evidence.

Glob Public Health. 2008;3 Suppl 1:42-57. doi: 10.1080/17441690801892307. Changing gendered norms about women and girls at the level of household and community: a review of the evidence. Keleher H, Franklin L. Department of Health Science, Monash University, Peninsula Campus, Australia. Helen.Keleher@med.monash.edu.au ABSTRACT Gendered norms are embedded in social structures, operating to restrict the rights, opportunities,Continue reading “Changing gendered norms about women and girls at the level of household and community: a review of the evidence.”