[Female Genital Mutilation: knowledge, attitudes and practices of health professionals on the island of Tenerife. Do we live with our backs to this reality?]

Autor:	Correa Ventura N; Universidad de La Laguna (ULL). Tenerife. Islas Canarias. España., Báez Quintana D; Universidad de La Laguna (ULL). Tenerife. Islas Canarias. España.; Hospital Universitario de Canarias (HUC). Servicio de Obstetricia y Ginecología. Tenerife. Islas Canarias. España.
Jazyk:	Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj:	Revista espanola de salud publica [Rev Esp Salud Publica] 2021 Sep 01; Vol. 95. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 01.
Abstrakt:	Objective: Female genital mutilation is present in 31 countries, affecting 200 million women and girls. Due to migratory movements, cases have been described in western countries which receive part of this immigration. Spain gets an important migratory flow from countries at risk, and the Canary Islands represents an important route of entry. The main goal of this study was to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and practices about FGM among health professionals in the island of Tenerife. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study about the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices among health professionals in the Island of Tenerife was conducted based on an online questionnaire. Gynaecologists, family doctors, paediatricians, nurses, midwives and social workers were included in the study. Frequency and percentage were calculated to describe the nominal variables and mean ± standard deviation for the quantitative variables. For the statistical treatment of the data, the R software was used. Results: 142 questionnaires were analysed. A total of 19.7% of the professionals surveyed responded that they had found a case during their professional practice, 19% claimed to have received training, 26.8% correctly recognized the typology and 15.5% the countries of prevalence. Only 6.3% claimed to know a specific protocol for action. Conclusions: There are cases of FGM in the Island of Tenerife. In general, the respondents show a lack of knowledge about the practice, its typology, the countries where it takes place, or the reasons why it is carried out. Specific training on the subject increased the rate of case detection and the knowledge of the practice. Competing Interests: Disclosure The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.
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