Female genital mutilation: Origin, beliefs, prevalence and implications for health care workers caring for immigrant women in Australia

Ogunsliji, OO; Wilkes, L; Jackson, D

Female genital mutilation: Origin, beliefs, prevalence and implications for health care workers caring for immigrant women in Australia

Ogunsliji, OO Wilkes, L Jackson, D

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Citation:: Contemporary Nurse, 2007, 25 (1-2), pp. 22 - 30
Issue Date:: 2007-05-01

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dc.contributor.author	Ogunsliji, OO	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Wilkes, L	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Jackson, D https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5252-5325	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-05-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Contemporary Nurse, 2007, 25 (1-2), pp. 22 - 30	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1037-6178	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17154
dc.description.abstract	The recent wave of immigrants to Australia includes people from countries where female genital mutilation (FGM) is predominant. FGM is the terminology used by the World Health Organisation to describe all procedures involving partial or total removal of female external genitalia. A review of the literature has found that FGM still exists and the influx of migrants to Western countries such as Australia has seen more women in these countries with the physical and psychological after-effects of the procedure. Findings of this literature review highlight the need for heightened awareness of issues around FGM n order to provide adequate physical and psychological support to women affected by FGM. Copyright © eContent Management Pty Ltd.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Contemporary Nurse	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Nursing	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Circumcision, Female	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Prevalence	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Emigration and Immigration	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Health Personnel	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Australia	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Female	en_US
dc.title	Female genital mutilation: Origin, beliefs, prevalence and implications for health care workers caring for immigrant women in Australia	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	1-2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	25	en_US
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dc.location.activity	ISI:000280150200002
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
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pubs.issue	1-2	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	25	en_US

Abstract:

The recent wave of immigrants to Australia includes people from countries where female genital mutilation (FGM) is predominant. FGM is the terminology used by the World Health Organisation to describe all procedures involving partial or total removal of female external genitalia. A review of the literature has found that FGM still exists and the influx of migrants to Western countries such as Australia has seen more women in these countries with the physical and psychological after-effects of the procedure. Findings of this literature review highlight the need for heightened awareness of issues around FGM n order to provide adequate physical and psychological support to women affected by FGM. Copyright © eContent Management Pty Ltd.

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