Building Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships with a Somali Refugee Community (2009)
This study is a Exploratory research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Johnson Crista,Sagal A. Ali,Michèle P-L. Shipp
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To examine Somali immigrant women’s experiences with the U.S. healthcare system,exploring how attitudes,perceptions,and cultural values,such as FGM/C,influence their use of reproductive health care
Study Population: Women
Findings: The study concluded that community-based participatory research using mixed-methods was critical in facilitating trust-building and engaging community members as active participants in every phase of the research process,enabling the rigorous and ethical conduct of research with refugee communities
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Country(ies):United States