Women’s circumcision in Minab : Prevalence, knowledge, attitude

H Ahadi; T Khadivzadeh; GH Seyyedialavi; H Esmaili

Journal of Inflammatory Diseases

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Women’s circumcision in Minab : Prevalence, knowledge, attitude

Author(s):

H Ahadi,

T Khadivzadeh^,*,

GH Seyyedialavi,

H Esmaili

Journal of Inflammatory Diseases:Vol. 7, issue 4; 14-20

Article type:Research Article

How to Cite:H AhadiT KhadivzadehGH SeyyedialaviH EsmailiWomen’s circumcision in Minab : Prevalence, knowledge, attitude.J Inflamm Dis.7(4):e154977.

Abstract

Background: Women’s circumcision is one of the health problems in some societies. That is excision and removal of different sections of women’s genitalia based on cultural aims or non-medical reasons , which are done in four different grades. Objective: This study was performed to determine the knowledge and attitude of women in fertility age in Minab about women’s circumcision in the year 2002. Methods: In this descriptive-analytic study , 400 women in Minab health centers were selected as samples by non-accidental and objective-oriented sampling. Needed data were gathered by a researcher-made questionnaire to assess knowledge and attitude through a semi-structured interview and also by checklist. Data were analyzed by T-test , chi-square and one-sided variance analysis. Findings: Prevalence of circumcision were 70% . Between them 87.4% were grade one and 12.6% were grade two. Mean and standard deviation of knowledge number in circumcized group were 2.1 1.6 and in uncircumcized group were 3.05 1.7 . There were no significant difference between two groups (P

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