Knowledge, Attitude and Intention to Future Practice of Female Genital Mutilation among Medical Students, Egypt | ||
| The Egyptian Family Medicine Journal | ||
| Article 2, Volume 4, Issue 2, November 2020, Pages 7-21 PDF (328.3 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/efmj.2020.137842 | ||
| Authors | ||
| alshaimaa M abdelmoaty1; Hend A Sabry2; Reham Y Elamir3 | ||
| 1Public Health, Faculty of medicine,Cairo University | ||
| 2Faculty of Medicine | ||
| 3Cairo University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background:There is no medical indication for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) a procedure with wide range of complications. In Egypt, around 50% of the population supports the practice; moreover, health care providers contrary to their original role in eliminating such harmful practice perform about 80% of the FGM. In Egypt, the knowledge and attitudes of medical students about FGM are questionable. Objectives: To explore the level of knowledge and attitudes towards FGM/C and identifying the possible predictors favouring its practice among medical students. Methods: A cross-sectional study, 630 medical students were included. Self-administered anonymous data collection form was used. Results: Females demonstrated significant higher knowledge score 4.5 (3.5-5.5) with more negative attitude towards FGM/C. Males with low knowledge score 5 (4.0-6.0) were the significant predictors for future FGM/C practice among the included sample.Conclusions: Medical students especially males are not sufficiently knowledgeable about FGM/C; some of them would perform FGM/C in their future practice | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Key words: Egypt; Female Genital Mutilation; Female Genital Cutting; Kasr Al Ainy; Cairo University; Medical students | ||
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