A Description of Female Genital Mutilation and Force-Feeding Practices in Mauritania: Implications for the Protection of Child Rights and Health

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Ouldzeidoune, Nacerdine ^a   Keating, Joseph ^b   Bertrand, Jane ^b   Rice, Janet ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD RIGHTS; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL BIAS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESTHETICS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEEDING; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION; GENITAL INJURY; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; MAURITANIA; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POULAR; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WOLOF;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES; HUMANS; MALE; MAURITANIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876037833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060594     Document Type: Article

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