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Improving care for women and girls who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting: qualitative systematic reviews · Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank all those who have contributed time and valuable insights to this project. We would particularly like to thank all those who gave up their day to attend the national stakeholder consultation event. Special thanks go to Carol McCormick (FGM/C Specialist Midwife) for her support and input at the start of this project.

Acknowledgement of the Project Advisory Group

We gratefully acknowledge the invaluable contributions of our PAG:

Ms Kinsi Clarke, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum, Co-founder of Nottingham FGM/C survivor’s group
Professor Jim Thornton, Consultant Obstetrician, Nottingham University Hospital Trust and University of Nottingham
Dr Phoebe Abe, GP, London
Ms Amanda Wickham (FGM/C Specialist Midwife), Nottingham University Hospital Trust
Ms Helen Denness, Consultant in Public Health, Nottingham City Council
Ms Grace Brough, Insight Specialist (public health), Nottingham City Council, Chair of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire FGM/C Steering Group.

Contributions of authors

Dr Catrin Evans (Associate Professor, Health Sciences) was principal investigator, initiated the project and oversaw all stages, led the interpretation/synthesis phases and drafted all chapters of the report.

Dr Ritah Tweheyo (Research Fellow) contributed to all stages of the review and led the data extraction, coding, quality appraisal and CERQual components.

Dr Julie McGarry (Associate Professor, Nursing) acted as a second reviewer for quality appraisal, contributed to the evolving synthesis and assisted with drafting the report tables.

Ms Jeanette Eldridge (Information Specialist) designed the literature search strategy, advised the team on all aspects of information retrieval and undertook the main database searches.

Ms Juliet Albert (FGM/C Specialist Midwife) provided clinical expertise and expertise relating to professional training and the UK policy context, contributed to the evolving interpretation/synthesis and contributed to formulation of the implications and recommendations.

Ms Valentine Nkoyo (Director of Mojatu Foundation, FGM/C, women’s rights activist and Co-founder of Nottingham FGM/C survivor’s group) was involved in the project from its inception, contributed key insights from a community perspective, contributed to the evolving interpretation/synthesis, helped organise the national stakeholder event and contributed to formulation of the implications and recommendations.

Professor Gina Higginbottom (Professor, Ethnicity and Community Health) acted as a second reviewer for quality appraisal, contributed to the evolving synthesis and provided methodological expertise.

Publications

Evans C, Tweheyo R, McGarry J, Eldridge J, McCormick C, Nkoyo V, Higginbottom G. What are the experiences of seeking, receiving and providing FGM-related healthcare? Perspectives of health professionals and women/girls who have undergone FGM: protocol for a systematic review of qualitative evidence. BMJ Open 2017;7:e018170.

Evans C, Tweheyo R, McGarry J, Eldridge J, Albert J, Nkoyo V, Higginbottom G. Crossing cultural divides: a qualitative systematic review of factors influencing the provision of healthcare related to female genital mutilation from the perspective of health professionals. PLOS ONE 2019;14:e0211829. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211829

Evans C, Tweheyo R, McGarry J, Eldridge J, Albert J, Nkoyo V, Higginbottom G. Seeking culturally safe care: a qualitative systematic review of the healthcare experiences of women and girls who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting. BMJ Open 2019;9:e027452.

Data-sharing statement

All data requests should be submitted to the corresponding author for consideration. Access to available anonymised data may be granted following review.

Disclaimers

This report presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The views and opinions expressed by authors in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the HS&DR programme or the Department of Health and Social Care. If there are verbatim quotations included in this publication the views and opinions expressed by the interviewees are those of the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect those of the authors, those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the HS&DR programme or the Department of Health and Social Care.

Attribution. Catrin Evans; Ritah Tweheyo; Julie McGarry; Jeanette Eldridge; Juliet Albert; Valentine Nkoyo et al. (2019). Improving care for women and girls who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting: qualitative systematic reviews. NIHR Journals Library. Copyright © Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2019. This work was produced by Evans et al. under the terms of a commissioning contract issued by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. This issue may be freely reproduced for the purposes of private research and study and extracts (or indeed, the full report) may be included in professional journals provided that suitable acknowledgement is made and the reproduction is not associated with any form of advertising. Applications for commercial reproduction should be addressed to: NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. NCBI Bookshelf NBK546416. CC BY 4.0. Original source ↗. Text reproduced from the Bookshelf XML without changing wording; figures, images and supplements are not reproduced.