118935 20230914083533.0 doi 10.3390/ijerph19159209 sideral 130056 ART-2022-130056 eng Nordmann, K. Management of female genital mutilation / cutting-related obstetric complications: a training evaluation 2022 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Although female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a prevalent practice in Liberia, healthcare workers lack the capacity to provide adequate care for FGM/C survivors. Therefore, Liberian nurses, physician assistants, midwives and trained traditional midwives were trained in sexual, obstetric and psychosocial care for FGM/C survivors in 2019. Through questionnaires, we assessed knowledge acquisition, trainee attitudes towards FGM/C care and acceptability to implement WHO-endorsed recommendations. The questionnaires were analyzed using descriptive statistics for quantitative data and an inductive approach for qualitative data. A total of 99 female and 34 male trainees participated. Most trainees perceived FGM/C as harmful to women''s health, as a violation of women''s rights and showed a willingness to change their clinical practice. While 82.8% (n = 74/90) perceived their role in advocating against FGM/C, 10.0% (n = 9/90) felt that they should train traditional circumcisers to practice FGM/C safely. The pre-training FGM/C knowledge test demonstrated higher scores among physician assistants (13.86 ± 3.02 points) than among nurses (12.11 ± 3.12 points) and midwives (11.75 ± 2.27 points). After the training, the mean test score increased by 1.69 points, from 12.18 (±2.91) points to 13.87 (±2.65) points. The trainings successfully increased theoretical knowledge of FGM/C-caused health effects and healthcare workers'' demonstrated willingness to implement evidence-based guidelines when providing care to FMG/C survivors. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 0.828 2022 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2022 Q2 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2022 Q2 Pollution 2022 Q2 5.4 2022 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Subirón Valera, A. B. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-5676-4179 King, M. Küpper, T. Martínez-Pérez, G. Z. 1006 255 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería Área Enfermería 19, 15 (2022), 9209 [12 pp.] Int. j. environ. res. public health International journal of environmental research and public health 1661-7827 374300 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/118935/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2779257 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/118935/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:118935 articulos driver 2023-09-13-13:15:40 ARTICLE