Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting among Women of Somali and Kurdish Origin in Finland

Koukkula, Mimmi; Keskimäki, Ilmo; Koponen, Päivikki; Mölsä, Mulki; Klemetti, Reija

doi:10.1111/birt.12236

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“…FGM/C is widely practiced among African‐origin women, and it is associated with several delivery complications in addition to pregnancy complications, such as prolonged labor, obstruction, perineal tears, and postpartum hemorrhage . A previous study found the prevalence of FGM/C was 69% among women of Somali origin and 32% among women of Kurdish origin living in Finland . We are not aware of any previous studies on mode of delivery or delivery complications among migrant Kurdish or Russian women in European countries, making it difficult to compare our results with other studies.…”

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“…16,17 A previous study found the prevalence of FGM/C was 69% among women of Somali origin and 32% among women of Kurdish origin living in Finland. 18 We are not aware of any previous studies on mode of delivery or delivery complications among migrant Kurdish or Russian women in European countries, making it difficult to compare our results with other studies. Our previous study found that Somali and Kurdish women had higher prepregnancy BMI and Russian women had lower prepregnancy BMI compared with women in the general population.…”

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Delivery and its complications among women of Somali, Kurdish, and Russian origin, and women in the general population in Finland

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Koponen

Härkänen

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Delivery and its complications among women of Somali, Kurdish, and Russian origin, and women in the general population in Finland

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“…Similarly, the study by Koukkula et al . in Finland demonstrated the burden of FGM/C among immigrant populations in developed nations with 69% and 32% of women of Somali and Kurdish origins respectively, who had been circumcised (6). Reports have shown that up to 140 million girls and women had undergone FC around the world in 2000; however it is now estimated to be about 200 million in 2016 (7,8).…”

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Female genital mutilation/cutting in Africa

Odukogbe¹,

Afolabi²,

Bello³

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Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a traditional practice in which the external female genitalia is partially or totally incised or excised for a non-therapeutic reason, usually without the consent of the individual. FGM/C is common in Africa with varying prevalence in different countries, though the incidence is reducing because it is considered a human rights issue with tremendous advocacy for its elimination by mainly nongovernmental organizations. It is mainly underreported in many countries in Africa especially where it has been declared illegal. FGM/C is often performed by a nonmedical practitioner with the aim of fulfilling religious or cultural rites and sometimes for economic benefits with the resultant acute, intermediate and late complications. It is sometimes performed by medical practitioners when it is speciously believed that its medicalization reduces the complications associated with the practice. The sensitivity of FGM/C is amplified when compared to male circumcision and voluntary alterations of the female external genitalia like piercing and tattooing as similar practices. The magnitude of the physical and psychosocial consequences of FGM/C outweighs the presumed benefits of the procedures highlighting the need for improvement of the multiple preventive measures by all the stakeholders and in all the sectors.

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“…The acceptance can be facilitated by offering pre-test counselling and correcting any misconceptions regarding the treatment possibilities, normalizing the testing procedure and underlying confidentiality. Another example of a particularly sensitive topic is FGM/C, of which the results of the Maamu Study indicate to be more common among foreign-born women living in Finland than previously assumed (Koukkula et al 2016). Violent traumatic experiences in the former home country were also mostly feasible to ask (Castaneda et al 2017), however, for instance the item of experienced sexual violence was too uncomfortable to be reliably asked especially by some of the male interviewers.…”

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Enhancing Survey Participation among Foreign-Born Populations

Castaneda¹,

Rask

Härkänen

et al. 2019

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The Finnish Migrant Health and Wellbeing Study (Maamu) is the first large-scale population-based health examination survey among the foreign-born population in Finland, unique also at the European level. It provides information on wellbeing of three major foreign-born groups: Russian, Somali, and Kurdish. In data collection, extra effort was put into reaching the sampled persons (n=3,000), for example by recruiting bilingual personnel to carry out the data collection, reaching participation rates as high as 70%, 51%, and 63%, respectively. A comparison group of the general population was available from a general population survey. The main challenges in fieldwork included reaching sampled persons, supervision of the fieldwork personnel, and special linguistic or cultural needs. Our experiences show that participation rate can be improved by engaging the target groups in all stages of the survey process and using several recruitment strategies, ending up with succeeding in pointing out health inequalities in the population.

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Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting among Women of Somali and Kurdish Origin in Finland

Cited by 18 publications

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Delivery and its complications among women of Somali, Kurdish, and Russian origin, and women in the general population in Finland

Delivery and its complications among women of Somali, Kurdish, and Russian origin, and women in the general population in Finland

Female genital mutilation/cutting in Africa

Enhancing Survey Participation among Foreign-Born Populations

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