Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study: A Cross-Sectional Study.
FGM/C
Female genital mutilation/cutting
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Swiss HIV Cohort Study
Journal
Journal of immigrant and minority health
ISSN: 1557-1920
Titre abrégé: J Immigr Minor Health
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101256527
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2023
Feb 2023
Historique:
accepted:
14
07
2022
pubmed:
10
8
2022
medline:
7
1
2023
entrez:
9
8
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
FGM/C is a harmful practice that involves injury of the external female genitalia without medical purpose. It is mainly practiced in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. However, with the migratory flows, women and girls with FGM/C and its consequences live all over the world. The lack of knowledge on how to care for women and girls living with FGM/C extends among all categories of health professionals involved in women's health, including infectious disease specialists. This is a national, exploratory descriptive cross-sectional study aimed to generate descriptive statistics about FGM/C among HIV-infected migrant women included in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS). Among the 387 women interviewed about FGM/C and who provided an answer, 80 (20.7%) reported to have undergone FGM/C. Fifty-six of the 80 women (70.0%) who reported having undergone FGM/C, also reported that they had never discussed their cutting with a health professional before. Our study demonstrates how common female genital mutilation is in women living with HIV and who have migrated to Switzerland and suggest how care and prevention could be improved significantly.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35943681
doi: 10.1007/s10903-022-01390-0
pii: 10.1007/s10903-022-01390-0
pmc: PMC9813055
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
136-141Subventions
Organisme : Bundesamt für Gesundheit
ID : Bundesamt für Gesundheit
Organisme : National Science Foundation
ID : 177499
Organisme : Caritas Switzerland
ID : Caritas Switzerland
Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s).
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