Female Genital Cutting and HIV/Aids Among Kenyan Women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10795456 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathryn M Yount (0000-0003-1917-1574, Emory University, corresponding author), Bisrat K Abraham, Bisrat Abraham |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 73-88 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Family Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2007.00119.x |
| PMID | 17642409 |
| OpenAlex | W2091667648 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 42 |
Female genital cutting (FGC) and HIV/AIDS are both highly prevalent in sub‐Saharan Africa, and researchers have speculated that the association may be more than coincidental. Data from 3,167 women aged 15‐49 who participated in the 2003 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) are used to test the direct and indirect associations of FGC with HIV. Our adjusted models suggest that FGC is not associated directly with HIV, but is associated indirectly through several pathways. Cut women are 1.72 times more likely than uncut women to have older partners, and women with older partners are 2.65 times more likely than women with younger partners to test positive for HIV. Cut women have 1.94 times higher odds than uncut women of initiating sexual intercourse before they are 20, and women who experience their sexual debut before age 20 have 1.73 times higher odds than those whose sexual debut comes later of testing positive for HIV. Cut women have 27 percent lower odds of having at least one extra‐union partner, and women with an extra‐union partner have 2.63 times higher odds of testing positive for HIV. Therefore, in Kenya, FGC may be an early life‐course event that indirectly alters women's odds of becoming infected with HIV through protective and harmful practices in adulthood
Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Family medicine · Female circumcision · Gynecology · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Kenya · Political science · Population · Sociology · Demography · Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Genital Health and Disease · Medicine
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| Citations per year | 0.82 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2022 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |