ABSTRACT
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is internationally considered an affront to human rights and an act of violence against women and young girls. Furthermore, it hierarchizes and perpetuates inequality and denies women and girls the right to physical and psychosexual integrity. The aim of this study is to detect the weak points and false premises underlying male justification of FGM and to present demythologization as a health education tool. We used a qualitative methodology with an ethonursing focus via semistructured individual and group interviews in 25 men associated with FGM. Our results found that nine myths and their mythologization are presented through the masculine voices of those associated with this tradition. These myths are used as justification by men and women in order to uphold the practice of FGM. Demythologization as a nursing intervention based on reorienting or restructuring models of cultural care allows us to work against the false premises making up the myths which act to protect this tradition.
Subject(s)
Circumcision, Female/ethnology , Culture , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Mythology , Religion , Adult , Circumcision, Female/psychology , Female , Focus Groups , Health Education , Humans , Interviews as Topic , Male , Middle Aged , Qualitative Research , Socioeconomic Factors , Spain , Young AdultABSTRACT
OBJETIVO: Crear e implantar un algoritmo para identificar y prevenir la MGF en un municipio de la Región de Murcia. DISEÑO: Para la creación del algoritmo de actuación se ha realizado una revisión bibliográfica, consultando las bases de datos: Cuiden, Dialnet, Medes, Medline y otras fuentes documentales de interés. El instrumento para la recogida de datos se cumplimenta mediante entrevista a los padres de las niñas en riesgo. REDACCIÓN E IMPLEMENTACIÓN: Se formó al equipo multidisciplinar, se captaron los casos de riesgo de MGF y fueron citados en la consulta de enfermería. Dos niñas habían sido mutiladas, el resto presentaba riesgo de MGF y en uno de los casos el riesgo era inminente. CONCLUSIÓN: El algoritmo diseñado orienta a los profesionales en su actuación, consiguiendo una eficaz detección y prevención de mutilación genital de las niñas y resulta una primera aproximación para el desarrollo de un protocolo regional
OBJECTIVE: Create and implement a protocol for identifying and preventing female genital mutilation in a municipality of the Region of Murcia. DESIGN: A bibliographical review and significant databases were consulted for the creation of the algorithm performance. These include Cuiden, Dialnet, Medes, Medline, and other documentary sources of interest. The instrument for data collection was completed by interviewing parents of girls at risk. DRAFTING AND IMPLEMENTATION: The multi-disciplinary team was formed; the female genital mutilation risk cases were collected, and were summoned to the nursing consulting room. Two girls had been mutilated, the rest were at risk of female genital mutilation, and in one case the risk was imminent. CONCLUSION: The algorithm designed guides practitioners in their performance, achieving an effective detection and prevention of genital mutilation of girls. This is a first approach to the development of a regional protocol
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Humans , Male , Female , Infant, Newborn , Infant , Child, Preschool , Child , Adolescent , Circumcision, Female/instrumentation , Circumcision, Female/methods , Circumcision, Female , /standards , Child , Adolescent , Clinical Protocols , Interviews as Topic , Women's Health , Violence Against Women , Case Reports , Databases, Bibliographic , SpainABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: Create and implement a protocol for identifying and preventing female genital mutilation in a municipality of the Region of Murcia. DESIGN: A bibliographical review and significant databases were consulted for the creation of the algorithm performance. These include Cuiden, Dialnet, Medes, Medline, and other documentary sources of interest. The instrument for data collection was completed by interviewing parents of girls at risk. DRAFTING AND IMPLEMENTATION: The multi-disciplinary team was formed; the female genital mutilation risk cases were collected, and were summoned to the nursing consulting room. Two girls had been mutilated, the rest were at risk of female genital mutilation, and in one case the risk was imminent. CONCLUSION: The algorithm designed guides practitioners in their performance, achieving an effective detection and prevention of genital mutilation of girls. This is a first approach to the development of a regional protocol.
