Journal of American College Health. 2001, 49(6):275-280. Medical complications of female genital mutilation Epstein D, Graham P, & Rimsza M ABSTRACT More than 130 million women are subjected to genital mutilation. Despite increasing efforts to reduce the practice, there are many obstacles to eliminating this 2,000-year-old practice, which is based on strong cultural traditions. As college health cliniciansContinue reading “Medical complications of female genital mutilation”
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HIV/AIDS and female genital mutilation in the Somali’s nomads of eastern Ethiopia: a discussion paper.
World Hosp Health Serv. 2006;42(3):27-31. HIV/AIDS and female genital mutilation in the Somali’s nomads of eastern Ethiopia: a discussion paper. Omar M, Mohamed K. Institute of Health Sciences and Public Health Research, University of Leeds, United Kingdom. ABSTRACT Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is widely practised among the Somali nomads in Eastern Ethiopia. It may beContinue reading “HIV/AIDS and female genital mutilation in the Somali’s nomads of eastern Ethiopia: a discussion paper.”
Behavioural and biological determinants of human sex ratio at birth.
J Biosoc Sci. 2010 Sep;42(5):587-99. doi: 10.1017/S002193201000012X. Epub 2010 Jun 3. Behavioural and biological determinants of human sex ratio at birth. James WH. The Galton Laboratory, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, UK. ABSTRACT The human sex ratio SR (proportion male) at birth has been reported to vary with many variables. TheContinue reading “Behavioural and biological determinants of human sex ratio at birth.”
Bewley et al.: Female Genital Mutilation
BMJ. 2010 Jun 2;340:c2728. doi: 10.1136/bmj.c2728. Female genital mutilation. Bewley S, Creighton S, Momoh C. Comment in BMJ. 2010; 341: c3888. SEE EXTRACT Paediatricians should resist its medicalisation Female genital mutilation is defined by the World Health Organization as any procedure that involves partial or total removal of the external genitalia or other injury to theContinue reading “Bewley et al.: Female Genital Mutilation”
Genital trauma in prepubertal girls and adolescents.
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Oct;23(5):307-14. doi: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32834ab544. Genital trauma in prepubertal girls and adolescents. Merritt DF. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes Jewish Hospital, St Louis Children’s Hospital and Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. merrittd@wustl.edu PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To look criticallyContinue reading “Genital trauma in prepubertal girls and adolescents.”
[Psychological factors of genital automutilation and medico-ethical interest in emergency vulvoplasty]
Gynecol Obstet Fertil. 2006 Feb;34(2):134-6. Epub 2006 Feb 21. [Psychological factors of genital automutilation and medico-ethical interest in emergency vulvoplasty]. [Article in French] Fayad S, Srom V, Delotte J, Bafghi A, Sorci K, Bongain A. Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Reproduction et Médecine Foetale, Hôpital Archet-II, CHU de Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, BP 3079, 151, route de Saint-Antoine-de-Ginestière, 06202 NiceContinue reading “[Psychological factors of genital automutilation and medico-ethical interest in emergency vulvoplasty]”
What’s “normal”: female genital mutilation, psychology, and body image.
J Am Med Womens Assoc. 2004 Summer;59(3):168-70. What’s “normal”: female genital mutilation, psychology, and body image. Adams KE. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, USA. ABSTRACT Despite international efforts to halt the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM), the number of African girls and women undergoing the procedure is not decliningContinue reading “What’s “normal”: female genital mutilation, psychology, and body image.”
[Need for more research on female circumcision. Lack of communication between women and men conserves the traditional practice]
Lakartidningen. 2001 Nov 21;98(47):5355-8, 5360. [Need for more research on female circumcision. Lack of communication between women and men conserves the traditional practice]. [Article in Swedish] Almroth L, Almroth-Berggren V, Bergström S. Barnkliniken, Centralsjukhuset i Kristianstad. lars.almroth@hem.utfors.se ABSTRACT Several studies in cultures in which FGM is widely performed have shown an emerging questioning of theContinue reading “[Need for more research on female circumcision. Lack of communication between women and men conserves the traditional practice]”
Scarred for life.
Nurs Stand. 2012 Mar 14-20;26(28):20-1. Scarred for life. Learner S. ABSTRACT Thousands of girls in the UK are at risk of female genital mutilation. A multi-agency safeguarding group in Bristol, established after a school nurse became concerned that pupils were at risk, is preventing girls from being taken out of the country to have theContinue reading “Scarred for life.”
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