Female genital cutting: Current practices and beliefs in western Africa

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 120-127

  Sipsma, Heather L ^a   Chen, Peggy G ^a   Ofori Atta, Angela ^b   Ilozumba, Ukwuoma O ^c   Karfo, Kapouné ^d   Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Department of Psychiatry   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MOSLEM; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84863397665     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.11.090886     Document Type: Article

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