Back to Search
Start Over
Female Genital Cutting: Clinical knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices from a Provider survey in the US.
- Source :
- Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health; Oct2019, Vol. 21 Issue 5, p954-964, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
-
Abstract
- Migration from countries where female genital cutting (FGC) is practiced means women's healthcare providers need to meet this population's unique healthcare needs. We explored providers' FGC-related experience, knowledge of the cultural practice, prior training, attitudes towards medicalization, including reinfibulation, and clinical practice. An online, 53-question survey to a multidisciplinary sample of women's health providers in the US were recruited by email via professional organizations, medical departments, and the authors' professional networks. From a total of 508 usable surveys, nearly half of respondents did not receive formal FGC training, but a majority had cared for FGC-affected women in their practice. A 'know-do' gap existed with managing infibulated patients; and surgical defibulation procedures were not routinely offered. Most respondents (79%, n = 402) reported a desire for additional education. Women's healthcare providers in the US, regardless of disciplinary backgrounds, are inadequately prepared to meet the needs of FGC-affected women. To address these, FGC content needs to be embedded in educational and training curricula, and ongoing clinical mentorship made available. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ANALYSIS of variance
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
CHI-squared test
CONCEPTUAL structures
CULTURE
CURRICULUM
FEMALE genital mutilation
FISHER exact test
HEALTH care teams
IMMIGRANTS
MEDICAL needs assessment
MEDICAL personnel
MEDICAL practice
MENTORING
PROFESSIONS
QUESTIONNAIRES
REFUGEES
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
STATISTICS
SURVEYS
T-test (Statistics)
WOMEN'S health
PHYSICIAN practice patterns
DATA analysis
CROSS-sectional method
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ONE-way analysis of variance
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15571912
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 138430684
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-018-0833-3