Exposure of Early Adolescent Girls to Genital MutilationCutting:"Secondary Analysis of Survey of Young People in Egypt
Sayeda, M., Al-Attarb, G., Elgibalyb, O. (2017). Exposure of Early Adolescent Girls to Genital Mutilation\Cutting:"Secondary Analysis of Survey of Young People in Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 69(7), 2824-2833. doi: 10.12816/0042573
Maha Sayeda; Ghada S. T. Al-Attarb; Omaima Elgibalyb. "Exposure of Early Adolescent Girls to Genital Mutilation\Cutting:"Secondary Analysis of Survey of Young People in Egypt". EKB Journal Management System, 69, 7, 2017, 2824-2833. doi: 10.12816/0042573
Sayeda, M., Al-Attarb, G., Elgibalyb, O. (2017). 'Exposure of Early Adolescent Girls to Genital Mutilation\Cutting:"Secondary Analysis of Survey of Young People in Egypt', EKB Journal Management System, 69(7), pp. 2824-2833. doi: 10.12816/0042573
Sayeda, M., Al-Attarb, G., Elgibalyb, O. Exposure of Early Adolescent Girls to Genital Mutilation\Cutting:"Secondary Analysis of Survey of Young People in Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 2017; 69(7): 2824-2833. doi: 10.12816/0042573

Exposure of Early Adolescent Girls to Genital Mutilation\Cutting:"Secondary Analysis of Survey of Young People in Egypt

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 13, Volume 69, Issue 7, October 2017, Page 2824-2833  XML PDF (419.66 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.12816/0042573
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Authors
Maha Sayeda1; Ghada S. T. Al-Attarb2; Omaima Elgibalyb2
1Directorate of Health Affairs, Assiut, Egypt
2Department of Public Health & Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
Abstract
Background: female genital mutilation/cuutting (FGM/C) is one of the main social problems affecting adolescent girls in Egypt. FGM/C has many health hazards affecting adolescents later in their lives. Researches related to FGM/C in Egypt focused mainly on prevalence and causes of FGM/C among women. However, there was little attention in exploring this problem among early adolescent girls. Aim: the objectives of this study included determining the prevalence and correlates of FGM/C among early adolescents in Egypt. Subjects and Methods: a secondary analysis of a nationally representative stratified multistage cluster sample using early adolescent girls using Survey of Young People in Egypt (SYPE) data 2009. Descriptive analysis was done using univariate & bivariate analysis to identify prevalence of FGM/C in Egypt among early adolescents and associated factors. Correlates of FGM/C were identified using logistic regression analysis with 95% confidence interval and P <0.05 as a significant level. Software used was SPSS version 20. Results: nearly two thirds of 10–14 years old girls in Egypt were exposed to FGM/C.FGM/C was carried on the majority of them by medical personnel (70.7%) at home or at private medical facilities. Older age, living in rural areas, and belonging to lowest wealth quintile were the main predictors of FGM\C exposure. Conclusions: FGM/C is still a major threat to early adolescent girls in Egypt especially by medical personnel among rural and poor families. Emphasizing strict legal sanctions against physicians performing the procedures as well as against responsible parents is very crucial in Egypt.
 
Keywords
FGM/C; prevalence; Correlates; early adolescent girls; secondary analysis of SYPE
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