Trends and protective factors of female genital mutilation in Burkina Faso: 1999 to 2010

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Chikhungu, Lana Clara ^a   Madise, Nyovani Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Circumcision; Education; Female Genital Mutilation

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; RURAL AREA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURKINA FASO; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MUSLIM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RELIGION; REVIEW; TREND STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; BURKINA FASO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURKINA FASO; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929301520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-015-0171-1     Document Type: Review

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