Authors
María Reig Alcaraz, José Siles González, MC Solano Ruiz
Publication date
2014/3
Journal
International nursing review
Volume
61
Issue
1
Pages
25-34
Description
Background
Immigration and globalization processes have contributed to the international dissemination of practices such as female genital mutilation. Between 100 and 400 million girls and women have been genitally mutilated, and every year 3 million girls are at risk of being subjected to female genital mutilation.
Objectives
The objective of this study was to describe the attitudes towards the practice of female genital mutilation in relation to different health systems and the factors that favour its discontinuation.
Methods
An integrative review was performed of publications from the period 2006 to 2013 included in the MedLine, PubMed, LILACS, SciELO, CINAHL and CUIDEN databases.
Results
We selected 16 studies focusing on diverse contexts that assessed the attitudes of both men and women regarding the perpetuation of this practice. Ten corresponded to studies conducted in countries of residence …
Scholar articles
M Reig Alcaraz, J Siles González, C Solano Ruiz - International nursing review, 2014