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Female Genital Mutilation
- Source :
- Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol. 128, No 5 (2016) pp. 958-963
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2016.
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Abstract
- Female genital mutilation comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or injury to the female genital organs for nonmedical reasons. Health care providers for women and girls living with female genital mutilation have reported difficulties in recognizing, classifying, and recording female genital mutilation, which can adversely affect treatment of complications and discussions of the prevention of the practice in future generations. According to the World Health Organization, female genital mutilation is classified into four types, subdivided into subtypes. An agreed-upon classification of female genital mutilation is important for clinical practice, management, recording, and reporting, as well as for research on prevalence, trends, and consequences of female genital mutilation. We provide a visual reference and learning tool for health care professionals. The tool can be consulted by caregivers when unsure on the type of female genital mutilation diagnosed and used for training and surveys for monitoring the prevalence of female genital mutilation types and subtypes.
- Subjects :
- Female circumcision
medicine.medical_specialty
ddc:618
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
business.industry
Health Personnel
MEDLINE
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Female genital organs
Genitalia, Female
World health
External female genitalia
Clinical Practice
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Health care
Humans
Medicine
Female
030212 general & internal medicine
business
Psychiatry
Developed country
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00297844 and 00144142
- Volume :
- 128
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a4c2a5f9a234d45d44a567f29533ed48
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/aog.0000000000001686