Women’s attitudes towards discontinuation of female genital mutilation in Egypt

BACKGROUND: To examine women’s attitude towards discontinuation of female genital mutilation (FGM) in association with their access to information, knowledge of health effects and cultural beliefs concerning FGM in Egypt. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of 9159 women, using data from the household...

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Main Authors: Bjarne Jansson, Stephen Lawoko, Koustuv Dalal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Injury and Violence Research
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Online Access:http://jivresearch.org/jivr/index.php/jivr/article/view/33/47