Quality of life

Virility, pleasure and female genital mutilation/cutting. A qualitative study of perceptions and experiences of medicalized defibulation among Somali and Sudanese migrants in Norway.

Reprod Health. 2017 Feb 10;14(1):25. doi: 10.1186/s12978-017-0287-4. Virility, pleasure and female genital mutilation/cutting. A qualitative study of perceptions and experiences of medicalized defibulation among Somali and Sudanese migrants in Norway. Johansen RE. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The most pervasive form of female genital mutilation/cutting-infibulation-involves the almost complete closure of the vaginal orifice by cutting and closing the labia to createContinue reading “Virility, pleasure and female genital mutilation/cutting. A qualitative study of perceptions and experiences of medicalized defibulation among Somali and Sudanese migrants in Norway.”

Knowledge and attitudes toward female genital cutting among West African male immigrants in New York City.

Health Care Women Int. 2017 May;38(5):463-477. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2017.1294593. Epub 2017 Feb 13. Knowledge and attitudes toward female genital cutting among West African male immigrants in New York City. Akinsulure-Smith AM, Chu T. ABSTRACT In this project, we explored knowledge and attitudes toward female genital cutting (FGC) in a survey of 107 West African immigrants, including 36 men. Men inContinue reading “Knowledge and attitudes toward female genital cutting among West African male immigrants in New York City.”

Cosmetic clitoridectomy in a 33-year-old woman

Arch Sex Behav. 2012 Jun;41(3):725-30. Epub 2011 Aug 12. Cosmetic clitoridectomy in a 33-year-old woman. Veale D, Daniels J. NIHR Specialist Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and The Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, 99 Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AZ, UK. David.Veale@kcl.ac.uk Comment in Arch SexContinue reading “Cosmetic clitoridectomy in a 33-year-old woman”

Assessing the burden of sexual and reproductive ill-health: questions regarding the use of disability-adjusted life years

Bull World Health Organ 2000 78(5) Assessing the burden of sexual and reproductive ill-health: questions regarding the use of disability-adjusted life years C. AbouZahrI; J.P. VaughanII IFormerly Technical Officer, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva  IIProfessor of Epidemiology and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England ABSTRACT TheContinue reading “Assessing the burden of sexual and reproductive ill-health: questions regarding the use of disability-adjusted life years”