Mothers' perceptions of the medicalisation of female genital cutting among the Kisii population in Kenya
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15098402 |
|---|---|
| Authors | N Van Eekert (0000-0002-5508-1018, University of Antwerp, corresponding author), Sarah Van De Velde (0000-0001-7682-0484, University of Antwerp), Sibyl Anthieren (0000-0003-4762-1907, University of Antwerp), Naomi Biegel (0000-0003-2340-0704, University of Antwerp), Martha Kieiri (Independent Researcher, Nairobi, Kenya), Tammary Esho (0000-0001-9205-4169, Technical University of Kenya), Els Leye (0000-0002-1740-7814, International Centre for Reproductive Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 983-997 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13691058.2021.1906952 |
| PMID | 33821778 |
| OpenAlex | W3147398308 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 14 |
While within the Kisii community in Kenya the prevalence of female genital cutting (FGC) is decreasing, the practice is increasingly being performed by health professionals. This study aims to analyse these changes by identifying mothers' motives to opt for medicalised FGC, and how this choice possibly relates to other changes in the practice. We conducted face-to-face semi-structured in-depth interviews with mothers who had daughters around the age of cutting (8-14 years old) in Kisii county, Kenya. Transcripts of the interviews were coded and analysed thematically, applying researcher triangulation. According to mothers' accounts, the main driver behind the choice to medicalise was the belief that medicalising FGC reduces health risks. There were suggestions that medicalised FGC may be becoming the new community norm or the only option. The shift to medicalisation was examined in relation to other changes in the practice of FGC signalling how medicalisation may provide a way to increase the practice's secrecy and decrease its visibility
Environmental health · Female circumcision · Geography · Gynecology · Health care · Health professionals · Perception · Political science · Population · Secrecy · Social science · Sociology · Triangulation · Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues · Gender Studies · Genital Health and Disease · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.8 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |