ArticlePloS one2021
Attitudes of health care providers regarding female genital mutilation and its medicalization in Guinea.
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- Capacity building for healthcare workers on preventing and managing female genital mutilation: Impact on knowledge, attitudes, skills, and quality of care-A systematic review.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review of group education or one-on-one counseling for the prevention of female genital mutilation in communities that perform female genital mutilation.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026Pooled it
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- Health center staff perceptions of gender and equity in the Conakry health region, Guinea (2025): a cross-sectional survey.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Supporting the decision for female genital mutilation/cutting and its predictors among healthcare providers in Upper Egypt.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Effects of Training Nursing Students on Female Genital Mutilation: A Quasi-Experimental Study With Pre- and Postintervention Assessments.Nursing research and practice · 2026Article
- Impact of female genital mutilation laws, policies, and professional codes of conduct on healthcare workers' knowledge, attitudes, skills, and quality of care: A mixed-method review.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026Review
- Factors associated with infibulation among girls who underwent female genital mutilation in Guinea: Analysis DHS 2018.Journal of public health in Africa · 2025Review
- A narrative review of challenges related to healthcare worker rights, roles and responsibilities in the provision of sexual and reproductive services in health facilities.BMJ global health · 2023Review
- Reconsidering the role of patriarchy in upholding female genital modifications: analysis of contemporary and pre-industrial societies.International journal of impotence research · 2023Review
- Legal Awareness and Practices of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) among United Arab Emirates Medical Practitioners.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting among healthcare providers in two public hospitals in Egypt: A cross-sectional study.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Involving the health sector in the prevention and care of female genital mutilation: results from formative research in Guinea.Reproductive health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundGuinea has a high prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) (95%) and it is a major concern affecting the health and the welfare of women and girls. Population-based surveys suggest that health care providers are implicated in carrying out the practice (medicalization). To understand the attitudes of health care providers related to FGM and its medicalization as well as the potential role of the health sector in addressing this practice, a study was conducted in Guinea to inform the development of an intervention for the health sector to prevent and respond to this harmful practice. METHODOLOGY: Formative research was conducted using a mixed-methods approach, including qualitative in-depth interviews with health care providers and other key informants as well as questionnaires with 150 health care providers. Data collection was carried out in the provinces of Faranah and Labé and in the capital, Conakry.
resultsThe majority of health care providers participating in this study were opposed to FGM and its medicalization. Survey data showed that 94% believed that it was a serious problem; 89% felt that it violated the rights of girls and women and 81% supported criminalization. However, within the health sector, there is no enforcement or accountability to the national law banning the practice. Despite opposition to the practice, many (38%) felt that FGM limited promiscuity and 7% believed that it was a good practice.
conclusionHealth care providers could have an important role in communicating with patients and passing on prevention messages that can contribute to the abandonment of the practice. Understanding their beliefs is a key step in developing these approaches.
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