Female genital cutting and HIV/AIDS among Kenyan women (2007)
This study is a Correlation research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Kathryn M Yount,Bisrat K Abraham
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: HIV.
Objective: To test the direct and indirect associations of FGC with HIV.
Study Population: Women
Findings: Adjusted models suggested that FGM/C was not associated directly with HIV,but was associated indirectly through several pathways. Cut women were 1.72 times more likely than uncut women to have older partners than women with older partners
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Eastern Africa
Country(ies):Kenya