Disentangling the complex association between female genital cutting and HIV among Kenyan women (2009)
This study is a Correlation research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Maslovskaya O,Brown JJ,Padmadas SS
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To investigate the potential association between FGM/C and HIV
Study Population: Women
Findings: The results demonstrate evidence of a statistically significant association between FGM/C and HIV,after controlling for the hierarchical structure of the data,potential confounding factors and interaction effects. The results show that women who had had FGC and a younger or the same-age first-union partner have higher odds of being HIV positive than women with a younger or same-age first-union partner but without FGM/C; whereas women who had had FGC and an older first-union partner have lower odds of being HIV positive than women with an older first-union partner but without FGC. The findings suggest the behavioural pathway of association between FGC and HIV as well as an underlying complex interplay of bio-behavioural and social variables being important in disentangling the association between FGC and HIV.
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Eastern Africa
Country(ies):Kenya