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Determinants of disagreement with female genital mutilation/cutting of future daughters and awareness of the ban among Egyptian university students.
- Source :
- Reproductive Health; 6/10/2020, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p1-11, 11p, 4 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Background: Egypt is one of three countries where half of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) victims live, despite its ban. To inform policy on the awareness of this ban and the impact of other interventions, this study sought to assess FGM/C-related knowledge, perceptions, and determinants of disagreement with FGM/C and circumcision of future daughters among university students. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire in a random sample of 502 male and female students in Menoufia University between September and December 2017. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed. Results: Students were 21.0 ± 1.6 years old; 270 (54.0%) were males, 291 (58.0%) were non-medical students, and 292 (58.2%) were rural residents. 204 (46.7%) students were not aware of the ban and their main source of information about FGM/C was educational curricula or health education sessions (162, 37.0%). Only 95 (19.0%) students had good knowledge about FGM/C. 217 (43.3%) students were neutral towards discontinuing FGM/C. 280 (56.2%) students disagreed with FGM/C. 296 (59.3%) students disagreed with circumcision of their future daughters; independent determinants of this outcome were awareness of the ban (ORa = 1.9) and disagreement with: FGM/C preserves females' virginity (ORa = 5.0), has religious basis (ORa = 3.8), makes females happier in marriage (ORa = 3.5), enhances females' hygiene (ORa = 2.1). Conclusions: Knowledge about FGM/C and its ban is low, even in this educated population. FGM/C is still misperceived as a religious percept. Maximizing the utilization of health education and curricula might help increase anti-FGM/C attitudes among university students with neutral perceptions and initiate the much-needed momentum for elimination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- FEMALE genital mutilation laws
PSYCHOLOGY of college students
CONFLICT (Psychology)
FEMALE genital mutilation
HEALTH attitudes
HEALTH education
HYGIENE
MARITAL status
QUESTIONNAIRES
RELIGION
RURAL population
STATISTICAL sampling
STATISTICS
MULTIPLE regression analysis
CROSS-sectional method
HEALTH literacy
ODDS ratio
ADULTS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17424755
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Reproductive Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 143699347
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-020-00941-8