Survey Study of Acute and Long Term Effects of Female Genital Mutilation among Women in Sharkia Governorate
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50666#.VEh-IVfHRK0 Author(s) Essa M. Arafa , Amany M. Abdelghany , Nadia M. Madkour , Wael S. Nossair , Ekramy A. Mohamed Affiliation(s) Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zagazig University Hospitals, Zagazig, Egypt . ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the acute and long-term effects of female genital mutilation (FGM) among women in Sharkia Governorate. Method: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study carried out in Zagazic University Hospital (ZUH) over a two years period from January 2012 to January 2014. The overall sample consisted of 1500 women. An interview was utilized to collect the necessar...