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Authors
Omigbodun, Olayinka
Bella-Awusah, Tolulope
Emma-Echiegu, Nkechi
Abdulmalik, Jibril
Omigbodun, Akinyinka
Doucet, Marie-Hélène
Groleau, Danielle https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2421-9069
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
World Health Organization
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Article History
Received: 30 April 2021
Accepted: 16 January 2022
First Online: 14 February 2022
Declarations
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: The Research and Ethics Committee (REC) of the Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital (REC Approval Number: 13/10/2011-31/01/2012) and the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Ethical Committee gave approval for this study. Informed consent forms were read by all participants or read to those who could not read and each participant either signed or thumb printed the forms. The following measures were put in place to deal with potential interviewees expressing distress while sharing their narrative of FGM/C. First, interviewers received training on brief counselling support for those who may be distressed and there were mental health professionals as part of the team to provide more intensive support, if indicated. Second, referrals were also facilitated to the nearby Psychiatric Facility (where deemed necessary) for on-going support from mental health professionals.
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: No competing interest exist for the authors of this paper.
