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Female Genital Mutilation: What Health Educators Should Know

Journal of Health Education. 1999, 30(4):222-228 Female genital mutilation: what health educators should know Ausherman JA, Welshimer KJ & Black JM ABSTRACT This article provides an overview of the issues surrounding the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM). FGM is a general term used to describe various forms of genital cutting that are performed on girls andContinue reading “Female Genital Mutilation: What Health Educators Should Know”

Medical complications of female genital mutilation

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”

Female genital mutilation in the Sudan: survey of the attitude of Khartoum university students towards this practice.

Sex Transm Infect. 2003 Jun;79(3):220-3. Female genital mutilation in the Sudan: survey of the attitude of Khartoum university students towards this practice. Herieka E, Dhar J. Bournemouth GU Clinic, Bournemouth, UK. elbushra.herieka@rbch.tr.swest.nhs.uk BACKGROUND: Female genital mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision is the removal of variable amounts of tissue from the female external genitalia. It isContinue reading “Female genital mutilation in the Sudan: survey of the attitude of Khartoum university students towards this practice.”

What do medical students in Alexandria know about female genital mutilation?

East Mediterr Health J. 2006;12 Suppl 2:S78-92. What do medical students in Alexandria know about female genital mutilation? Mostafa SR, El Zeiny NA, Tayel SE, Moubarak EI. Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt. ABSTRACT We explored the knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of 330 5th year medical students in Alexandria UniversityContinue reading “What do medical students in Alexandria know about female genital mutilation?”