ArticleBMC public health2021
Factors associated with female genital mutilation among women of reproductive age and girls aged 0-14 in Chad: a mixed-effects multilevel analysis of the 2014-2015 Chad demographic and health survey data.
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- The global prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting: A systematic review and meta-analysis of national, regional, facility, and school-based studies.PLoS medicine · 2022Pooled it
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- Female genital mutilation and its associated factors among adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania: analysis of the 2022 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey (2022 TDHS-MIS).BMC public health · 2024Article
- Comparison of FGM prevalence among Nigerian women aged 15-49 years using two household surveys conducted before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Contextual determinants of generational continuation of female genital mutilation among women of reproductive age in nigeria: analysis of the 2018 demographic and health survey.Reproductive health · 2024Article
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- Prevalence and drivers of female genital mutilation/cutting in three coastal governorates in Yemen.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Prevalence of female genital mutilation and associated factors among daughters aged 0-14 years in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis of recent demographic health surveys.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2023Article
- Socio-economic disparities in female genital circumcision: finding from a case-control study in Mahabad, Iran.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Effects of antenatal care visits and health facility delivery on women's choice to circumcise their daughters in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from demographic and health surveys.International health · 2022Article
- Circumcising daughters in Nigeria: To what extent does education influence mothers' FGM/C continuation attitudes?PLOS global public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundChad is one of the African countries with high prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM). The aim of this study was to examine the factors associated with FGM among women aged 15-49 and girls aged 0-14 in Chad.
methodsData for the study were obtained from the 2014-2015 Chad Demographic and Health Survey. FGM among women aged 15-49 and girls aged 0-14 were the outcome variables. The prevalence of FGM among women and girls were presented using percentages while a mixed-effects multilevel multivariable logistic regression analysis was carried out to assess the factors associated with FGM. The results were presented using adjusted odds ratio with associated 95% confidence intervals.
resultsThe results indicate that more than half (50.2%) of the women and 12.9% of girls in Chad had been circumcised. Among women aged 15-49, level of education, employment status, ethnicity, religion, wealth quintile and community literacy level were significant predictors of FGM. Age, partner's level of education, marital status, employment status, ethnicity, religion and mother's FGM status were associated with FGM among girls aged 0-14.
conclusionThis study has identified several individual and contextual factors as predictors of FGM among women and girls in Chad. The findings imply the need to adopt strategies aimed at addressing these factors in order to help eliminate the practice of FGM. Government and non-governmental organisations in Chad need to implement policies that enhance media advocacy and community dialogue to help deal with FGM in the country.
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