public health research priorities to address Female Genital Mutilation or Cutting in the United States (2019)
This study is a Explanatory research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): H Atkinson,D Ottenheimer ,R Mishori
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: obstretics.
Objective: to understand the age in which FGM/C is performed on girls living in United states,as well as how often it is performed in America versus in the family`s country of origin during visits abroad (vacation cutting); who is doing the cutting,how it is being carried out and the type of FGM/C and the resulting complications.
Study Population: girls,women
Findings: FGM/C is gaining recognition as public health in the united states. Increasingly because of migration,women and girls affected have become members of the host communities where the practice is not culturally accepted.
Geographical coverage
Region(s):North America
Country(ies):United States