Health education and clinical care of immigrant women with female genital mutilation/cutting who request postpartum reinfibulation (2016)
This study is a Descriptive research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Abdulcadir Jasmine,Sophie McLaren,Michel Boulvain,and Olivier Irion
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: postpartum reinfibulation.
Objective: To evaluate the percentage of women with female genital mutilation/cutting who request postpartum reinfibulation,and to assess outcomes after specific care and counseling.
Study Population: immigrant women with FGM/C who attended a center in Geneva,Switzerland,between April 1,2010,and January 8,2014
Findings: Among 196 women with FGM/C,8 (4.1%) requested postpartum reinfibulation. All eight were of East African origin,had FGM/C type III,and received a longer and more targeted follow-up than did those who did not request reinfibulation. After at least 1year of follow-up,none of the eight was willing to undergo reinfibulation. One woman who attended the clinic only once during her first pregnancy consulted the emergency ward of the study center 3years later because of postcoital bleeding following infibulation performed in her home country a few months after her second delivery in Switzerland.
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Western Europe
Country(ies):Switzerland