Female genital mutilation in children presenting to Australian paediatricians

Conclusions
This study confirms that FGM/C is seen in paediatric clinical practice within Australia. Paediatricians need cultural awareness, education and resources to help them identify children with FGM/C and/or at risk of FGM/C, to enable appropriate referral and counselling of children, families and communities to assist in the prevention of this practice.

Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - May 23, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Zurynski, Y., Phu, A., Sureshkumar, P., Cherian, S., Deverell, M., Elliott, E. J., for Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit Female Genital Mutilation Study Steering Committee Tags: Open access Original article Source Type: research