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Female genital mutilation in the UK- where are we, where do we go next? Involving communities in setting the research agenda.

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Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is all practices involving cutting, alteration or injury to the female genitalia for non-medical reasons. It is a form of violence against women and children, with no benefits and many harms. In 2014, the UK Government committed to working to eliminate FGM. Steps taken towards this aim included creation of educational and safeguarding resources for professionals, and legislative changes including a mandatory reporting duty for professionals in England and Wales (where if a girl under 18 discloses or is found on examination to have FGM then the professional is mandated to report this to the police), and an FGM Enhanced Dataset applicable to NHS organisations in England requiring the submission of personal data about women and girls who have had FGM to NHS Digital. To date, compliance with dataset returns from primary care services have been low. This report describes using patient and public involvement (PPI) to identify research and service priorities to support communities affected by FGM.

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0
Journal
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Research involvement and engagement
Volume
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4
Number of Pages
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29
Date Published
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2018
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https://researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40900-018-0103-5
DOI
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10.1186/s40900-018-0103-5
Short Title
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Res Involv Engagem
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