| |
N
|
%
|
|---|
|
Survey respondents
|
321
|
100
|
|
Profession
|
|
GPs
|
123
|
38.3
|
|
Gynaecologist
|
1
|
0.3
|
|
Paediatricians
|
25
|
7.8
|
|
Nurses
|
146
|
45.5
|
|
Midwives
|
11
|
3.4
|
|
Social workers
|
13
|
4.1
|
|
Other
|
2
|
0.6
|
|
Gender
|
|
Male
|
77
|
24
|
|
Female
|
230
|
71.7
|
|
Other
|
2
|
0.6
|
|
No answer
|
12
|
3.7
|
|
Age (years)
|
|
≤ 35
|
43
|
13.4
|
|
36–50
|
69
|
21. 5
|
|
> 50
|
181
|
56.4
|
|
No answer
|
28
|
8.7
|
|
Training received
|
48
|
15
|
|
Proper traininga
|
3
|
6.25
|
|
Correct identification
|
|
Types of FGM
|
73
|
22.7
|
|
Countries of prevalence
|
16
|
5
|
|
Legislation
|
93
|
29
|
|
Reasons for conducting FGM
|
|
Tradition and customs
|
120
|
37.4
|
|
Religious reasons
|
24
|
7.5
|
|
Tradition and religious reasons
|
130
|
40.5
|
|
Tradition and marriage opportunities
|
15
|
4.6
|
|
Otherb
|
32
|
10
|
|
Detection of cases of FGM
|
15
|
4.7
|
|
Correctly identify cases at risk of FGM
|
109
|
34
|
|
Attitudesc
|
|
Educate and sensitize
|
285
|
88.8
|
|
Condemn and report
|
131
|
40.8
|
|
Educate and report
|
113
|
35.2
|
|
Control
|
114
|
35.5
|
- aOf those who responded having received any training, the ones who correctly identified types of FGM and countries of prevalence
- bOther combinations, don’t know and don’t answer
- c“Educate and sensitize”: educate primary health professionals in FGM prevention and/or sensitize parents FGM consequences. “Condemn and report”: punitive and exemplary sentences to parents who perform FGM to their children and/or report to the authorities upon suspicion of FGM. “Educate and report”: both previous options combined. “Control”: prevent girls to travel to their country of origin as to not to take any risk and/or perform routine check-ups of the female genitalia as a measure of control up to the age of eighteen
