Reprod Health. 2016 Oct 10;13(1):131. Episiotomy and obstetric outcomes among women living with type 3 female genital mutilation: a secondary analysis. Rodriguez MI, Seuc A, Say L, Hindin MJ BACKGROUND: To investigate the association between type of episiotomy and obstetric outcomes among 6,187 women with type 3 Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). METHODS: We conducted aContinue reading “Episiotomy and obstetric outcomes among women living with type 3 female genital mutilation: a secondary analysis”
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The effectiveness of a community-based education program on abandoning female genital mutilation/cutting in Senegal.
Stud Fam Plann. 2009 Dec;40(4):307-18. The effectiveness of a community-based education program on abandoning female genital mutilation/cutting in Senegal. Diop NJ, Askew I. Population Council, Senegal. nafissatoud@gmail.com ABSTRACT A pre- and post-test comparison-group design was used to evaluate the effect of a community education program on community members’willingness to abandon female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) inContinue reading “The effectiveness of a community-based education program on abandoning female genital mutilation/cutting in Senegal.”
Dynamics of change in the practice of female genital cutting in Senegambia: testing predictions of social convention theory.
Soc Sci Med. 2011 Oct;73(8):1275-83. Epub 2011 Aug 26. Dynamics of change in the practice of female genital cutting in Senegambia: testing predictions of social convention theory. Shell-Duncan B, Wander K, Hernlund Y, Moreau A. University of Washington, Department of Anthropology, Box 353100, Seattle, WA 98195-3100, United States. bsd@u.washington.edu ABSTRACT Recent reviews of intervention efforts aimed atContinue reading “Dynamics of change in the practice of female genital cutting in Senegambia: testing predictions of social convention theory.”
Moolaade.
Psychoanal Rev. 2007 Dec;94(6):967-74. Moolaade. Teitelbaum S. steft@dtsoft.com “The Moolaade”, protection and sanctuary, is a ritual symbolized by a multicolored piece of rope… This article can be purchased in this LINK
Are there “stages of change” in the practice of female genital cutting?: Qualitative research findings from Senegal and The Gambia.
Afr J Reprod Health. 2006 Aug;10(2):57-71. Are there “stages of change” in the practice of female genital cutting?: Qualitative research findings from Senegal and The Gambia. Shell-Duncan B, Herniund Y. Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Box 353100 Seattle, WA 98195-3100, USA. bsd@u.washington.edu ABSTRACT In recent years there has been growing interest in developing theoreticalContinue reading “Are there “stages of change” in the practice of female genital cutting?: Qualitative research findings from Senegal and The Gambia.”
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Memory Problems After Female Genital Mutilation
Am J Psychiatry 2005;162:1000-1002. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Memory Problems After Female Genital Mutilation Alice Behrendt, Dipl.-Psych.; Steffen Moritz, Ph.D. Abstract OBJECTIVE: This pilot study investigated the mental health status of women after genital mutilation. Although experts have assumed that circumcised women are more prone to developing psychiatric illnesses than the general population, there has beenContinue reading “Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Memory Problems After Female Genital Mutilation”
Female genital mutilation and social change.
Lancet. 2010 Nov 27;376(9755):1800. Female genital mutilation and social change. [No authors listed] Erratum in Lancet. 2011 Jan 15;377(9761):208. Changing social expectations is the key to ending the practice of female genital mutilation or cutting, according to a new report by UNICEF, The dynamics of social change: towards the abandonment of female genital mutilation/cutting in fiveContinue reading “Female genital mutilation and social change.”
Female genital mutilation and obstetric outcome: WHO collaborative prospective study in six African countries.
Lancet. 2006 Jun 3;367(9525):1835-41. Female genital mutilation and obstetric outcome: WHO collaborative prospective study in six African countries. WHO study group on female genital mutilation and obstetric outcome, Banks E, Meirik O, Farley T, Akande O, Bathija H, Ali M. National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, ACT 0200, Australia. FGMStudyGroup@who.int CommentContinue reading “Female genital mutilation and obstetric outcome: WHO collaborative prospective study in six African countries.”
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