scholarly journals ACT: An Evidence-Based Macro Framework to Examine How Communication Approaches Can Change Social Norms Around Female Genital Mutilation

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suruchi Sood ◽  
Kelli Kostizak ◽  
Charlotte Lapsansky ◽  
Carmen Cronin ◽  
Sarah Stevens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Female Genital Mutilation ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Genital Mutilation ◽  
Female Genital

The role of the SCPHN school nurse in raising awareness of female genital mutilation

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 283-288
Author(s):  
Emma Nicolaas ◽  
Dwynwen Spargo
Keyword(s):  
Support Services ◽  
Female Genital Mutilation ◽  
School Nurses ◽  
Community Leader ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Genital Mutilation ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Female Genital

Migration has resulted in specialist community public health nurses (SCPHN), specifically SCPHN school nurses, encountering female genital mutilation (FGM) more commonly in practice, requiring them to upskill to offer support and raise awareness ( Robinson, 2011 ). A policy was critically analysed, and a literature review conducted, to identify evidence-based strategies to enable the SCPHNSN to effectively raise FGM awareness to school-aged pupils. The findings highlighted three themes – Education, cultural influence and community leader and FGM survivor engagement, which translated into practice as a SCPHNSN-led FGM education project ( Diop and Askew, 2009 , Adeniran et al. 2015 , Galukande et al. 2015 , Raible et al. 2017 , Connelly et al. 2018 , Johnson et al. 2018 ). A project such as this would enable the SCPHNSN to raise pupil awareness, increase knowledge of support services, achieving practice decline over time.

scholarly journals Female genital mutilation: what every paediatrician should know

2015 ◽  
Vol 101 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah M Creighton ◽  
Deborah Hodes
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Female Genital Mutilation ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Genital Mutilation ◽  
Global Problem ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Female Genital

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is almost always performed on children and consequently paediatricians should have a central role in the detection and prevention of FGM. FGM has no health benefits and can cause lifelong damage to physical and psychological health. Extensive migration of FGM practising communities means that FGM is now a global problem. Paediatricians worldwide need to be familiar with the identification and classification of FGM and its impact upon health as well as current trends in practice. However information about FGM is hampered by the secrecy surrounding the procedure and a lack of rigorous evidence based research. This review summarises what is currently known about the health aspects of FGM and how paediatricians should manage children with FGM in their clinical practice.

scholarly journals Combining Theory and Research to Validate a Social Norms Framework Addressing Female Genital Mutilation

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suruchi Sood ◽  
Astha Ramaiya
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Female Genital Mutilation ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Framework ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Never Married ◽  
Genital Mutilation ◽  
Female Genital

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a harmful practice with no benefits and considerable harm to girls and women who undergo it. In 2016, the United Nations Joint Program to Eliminate FGM, funded the development and subsequent validation of a monitoring and evaluation framework to understand the relationship between social norms and practicing FGM. Evidence on the framework was gathered through a pilot study in Ethiopia. This paper uses cross-sectional quantitative data from the pilot to operationalize the framework and determine what factors are associated with practicing FGM. A total of 554 and 481 participants answered the question “Have you undergone FGM?” and “Do you know a family member who has undergone FGM?” respectively. Overall, 65% of participants said they had undergone FGM and 32% said they knew someone in their family who had undergone FGM. Predictors of not undergoing FGM included most progressive attitudes vs. less progressive attitudes about FGM and relationship to identity [OR: 1.9 (95% CI: 1.1–3.3)]; region [Afar vs. Addis Ababa: OR: 0.09 (95% CI: 0.02–0.5); Southern Nations Nationalities and People's Regions vs. Addis Ababa: OR: 0.1 (95% CI: 0.05–0.3)], being 36 years old and above vs. 10–19 years (OR: 0.2 (95% CI: 0.1 to 0.7)) and being single, never married vs. married or engaged (OR: 2.8 (95% CI: 1.1–7.0)]. Predictors of knowing a family member who has not undergone FGM included: Higher knowledge vs. lower knowledge [OR: 0.3 (95% CI: 0.1–0.5)]; if the family expected you to abandon FGM, you had a greater odds of knowing a family member who had not undergone FGM [43.6 (95% CI: 2.7–687.8)]; coming from Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Region was associated with a lower odds of knowing a family member who had not undergone FGM [0.3 (95% CI: 0.1–0.6)]. Being a female influential vs. female caregiver was associated with a higher odds of knowing a family member who had not undergone FGM [2.9 (95% CI: 1.01–5.2)]. This paper has allowed us to validate a theory and research based social norms framework, specifically examining how social and behavior change communication can be used as a mechanism for shifting norms around a given harmful practice. Now that this model has been developed and validated, it is likely to provide a foundation to study the direct and indirect impacts of social norms programming on changing harmful practices, such as FGM.

A CASE REPORT: Surgical Treatment of Complication of Female Genital Mutilation in Pikine Hospital, Senegal

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdoul A. Diouf ◽  
Moussa Diallo ◽  
Aissatou Mbodj ◽  
Omar Gassama ◽  
Mamour Guèye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Surgical Treatment ◽  
Female Genital Mutilation ◽  
Genital Mutilation ◽  
Female Genital
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