Comparative Study of Meanings, Beliefs, and Practices of Female Circumcision Among Three Nigerian Tribes in the United States and Nigeria

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-113

  Anuforo, Prisca O ^a   Oyedele, Lola ^b   Pacquiao, Dula F ^c  

^a Essex County College   (United States)

^b Irvington General Hospital   (United States)

^c KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

culture congruent care; female circumcision; female genital mutilation; FGM; Nigerian female

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NIGERIA; NURSING; OCCUPATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SOCIAL CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; NIGERIA; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING;

EID: 2142711208     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659603262486     Document Type: Article

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