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<0.001). Mean and standard deviation of attitude number in circumcized and uncircumcized groups were 36.5 10.9 and 47.7 9.0 respectively. There were no significant difference between two groups (P<0.001). There were significant positive relationship between knowledge and circumcision grade (P<0.001) and between attitude and circumcision grade (P<0.001). Conclusion: The knowledge level in majority of samples were weak and their attitude were »No Idea « . Results indicates the necessity for teaching to the people in the region and also it shows the importance of health centers in increasing knowledge and changing the attitudes
Keywords
Women’s circumcision Circumcision grade Fertility age Knowledge Attitude
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