Kontakt
Volume 19, Issue 4, 2017, Pages e229-e236

The issue of genital mutilation in the care of immigrants from the perspective of midwives (Article) (Open Access)

Brázdová L. , Filausová D.* , Belešová R.
  • a University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Institute of Nursing, Midwifery and Emergency Care, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
  • b University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Institute of Nursing, Midwifery and Emergency Care, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
  • c University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Institute of Nursing, Midwifery and Emergency Care, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Abstract

At present, the number of migrants is globally increasing. Although the foreigners in the Czech Republic are pleading asylum less than in other countries of the EU (foreigners in the Czech Republic make up less than 5% of the whole population), there were 2,015,467,562 legally registered foreigners at the end of the last year, which was 15,639 more than in 2014. Migration is also associated with the presented issue of female genital mutilation. This article informs of female genital mutilation (FGM). The research was carried out in 2016. The goal was to find the specifics of the care of women with genital mutilation during pregnancy, delivery and puerperium, from the perspective of midwives. The research used a qualitative method of in-depth interviews with midwives who had experience with nursing women with genital mutilation during pregnancy, delivery and puerperium. The data were analyzed using the method of open coding and then categorized. We found that the interviewed midwives had a negative approach to the practices of genital mutilation. The results showed that midwives met obstacles in nursing women with FGM. The complications during pregnancy, delivery and puerperium, which appear in women after the genital mutilation procedure, depend on the extent of the procedure and the later individual periods. Growing migration suggests the number of women with genital mutilation is increasing. For this reason, it is important that midwives are informed of this issue and that they have knowledge in nursing women with FGM during pregnancy, delivery and puerperium. © 2017

Author Keywords

Midwife Puerperium Genital mutilation Pregnancy Delivery Infibulation

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85032795682&doi=10.1016%2fj.kontakt.2017.09.008&partnerID=40&md5=c5d627430999bcbf3c3afef3dd6e2e7c

DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.09.008
ISSN: 12124117
Original Language: English