FGM Sister Study

• Research Fellow: Emma Danks | Ben Costello (part-time)
• Study Coordinator: Ms Fiona Cross-Sudworth
• UoB Co-Applicants: Professor Julie Taylor and Professor Kate Jolly.  Our wider co-applicants include Pallavi Latthe (University of Birmingham and Birmingham Women's Hospital), Alison Byrne (University Hospitals Birmingham) and Meg Fassam-Wright (National FGM Centre).

In Work Package 1, we seek to recruit up to 50 women who are FGM survivors, up to 10 male partners and up to 50 healthcare professionals to take part in an interview or discussion group to explore their views on timing preferences for deinfibulation and NHS FGM services.

In Work Package 2, we will hold community engagement and stakeholder events to synthesise the findings of the study and inform best practice and policy recommendations around the timing of deinfibulation and FGM care provision, and identify future actions.

Link to National FGM Centre: www.nationalfgmcentre.org.uk   

This research is funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR). The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the National Institute for Health or the Department of Health.

Further information on the study can be found in the leaflets below: 

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 For all FGM Sister Study enquiries please email Dr Laura Jones