Non-therapeutic male circumcision performed on immigrant children from Africa in Spain.

Autor: Macipe-Costa RM; Fuentes de Ebro Health Centre (Centro de Salud Fuentes de Ebro), Aragon Health Service (Servicio Aragonés de la Salud), Paseo de la Justicia, 69 Fuentes de Ebro, Saragossa, Spain, rmacipe@gmail.com., García-Sanchez N, Gimeno-Feliu LA, Navarra-Vicente B, Jiménez-Hereza JM, Moneo-Hernández I, Castillo-Laita JA, Lobera-Navaz P
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: International journal of public health [Int J Public Health] 2014 Apr; Vol. 59 (2), pp. 351-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Nov 09.
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-013-0522-x
Abstrakt: Objectives: To study the frequency, characteristics, and complications of non-therapeutic male circumcision on immigrant children from Africa in Spain.
Methods: This descriptive study focused on primary care consultations conducted at 21 Aragon health centres during 2010 and 2011. The data were gathered through interviewer-administered questionnaires to the parents of African children. Sociodemographic variables were studied, along with others related to the practice of circumcision.
Results: 283 questionnaires were obtained. 98.93 % of the children had undergone or were planning to undergo circumcision. 68.2 % were circumcised. Circumcisions were most frequently performed during a vacation to the country of origin (67.04 %), especially so for the Maghreb population. The remaining circumcisions had been performed in Spain. Half of the circumcisions practiced in Spain were performed at home, and 84 % of these were performed on Gambian children.
Conclusions: The current study demonstrates that, in Aragon, Spain, almost all immigrant children from Africa have been or will be circumcised and that a considerable proportion has been circumcised at home by unqualified individuals. Gambians are particularly at risk of performing unsafe circumcision.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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