The Practice Of Female Circumcision In

The Working Area Muara Tebo Health

Center Distric Tebo Tengah In Regency
The Province Of Jambi
FAKULTAS
Of The Year 2011. 2nd IMOPH
International Meeting of Public Health
KESEHATAN RINI KURNIAWATI, hayuri_rini@yahoo.com PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS:
The Challenged and Opportunities in Asia-Fasific Region
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November 18 -20 ,2016 IUniversitas Indonesia, Depok

INTRODUCTION RESULT
Genital cutting or genital mutilation is an ancient practice that is carried out by

various communities around the world for reasons of socio-cultural, and to this day Characteristics / categories n %
remains. Female Genital mutilation (FGM) - is defined by the WHO and the United
Age
Nations (UN) as "Removal of part or all the external female genitalia or other injury to the - 15 20 years 11 12.9
- 21 25 years 18 21.2
female genital organs for non-medical reasons. FGM is a tradition that is rooted in many
- 25 30 years 36 42.4
communities in 28 countries in Africa and some countris in Asia and the Middle East. To - 31 35 years 18 21.2
- 36 40 years 2 2.4
day In the world there are approximately 130 -140 000 000 girls and women who have

undergone surgery / FGM and 3 million girls are at risk of the practice each year. (WHO,
Education
- Pass Elementary School 35 41.2
2011). - Pass Junior High School 25 29.4
- Pass Senior High School 17 20
In Indonesia, the practice of female circumcision is divided into two main groups: - Pass Collage 8 9.4
"simbolic" thatisthe type where there is no incision or excision, accounting for about 28%
The number of girls held
of cases and the rest is the second type is "dangerous", which involves an incision and - 1 people 61 71.8
- 2 peoples 21 24.8
excision of as much as 72% of cases. The prevalence of female circumcision in Indonesia
- > 2 peoples 3 3.5
is 86 -100%. Female circumcision in Padang Pariaman and Serang done when a new child
Religion
is born. But in the area of Gorontalo, Makassar and Bone is generally done by the age of - Islam 76 89.4
5-9 years. (Budiharsana et al, 2004). - Chirstian 9 10.6

Though opposed in many countries as it is considered in violation of the reproductive Knowledge

- Good 16 18,8
rights of women, the practice of female genital mutilation is still widely practiced. By the
- Not Good 69 81,2
Indonesian government, female circumcision is not prohibited but should only be done in
Attitude
certain parts. Rules regarding female circumcision is contained in Permenkes No.1636 / - Positive to female circumcision 55 64.7
Menkes / Per / XI / 2010. This rule is designed to protect women from genital mutilation - Negative to female circumcision 30 35.3

illegal and life-threatening reproductive system.

The Attitude of female circumcision
The absence of data on the practice of female circumcision in Puskesmas Muara
- Circumcision 65 76.5
Tebo, makes researchers want to know the description of female circumcision practices as - Not Circumcision 20 23.5

well as factors related to the behavior of female circumcision. Implementer Power

- Excisors 43 66.2
- Midwife 22 33.8
METHOD
Support of Family
This research is a quantitative research that uses cross-sectional study - Supporting Families Circumcision 55 64.7
- Not Supporting Families Circumcision 30 35.3
design and to reinforce the results of this study also used qualitative research. The
Support of Religion Figure
population of this research is all mothers who had given birth to a daughter from
- Support 61 71.8
August 2010 through January 2011 in Puskesmas Muara Tebo gained 85 mothers. - Not Support 24 28.2

Samples of this research is total sampling of 85 peoples. Informants in this study

CONCLUSION
were six midwives who were working area of Puskesmas Muara Tebo. The Based on the results of research on the practice of female circumcision in

primary data obtained through interviews with respondents using a questionnaire Puskesmas Muara Tebo, District Tebo Tengah, Tebo regency, Jambi province in 2011 that

adapted from research Budiharsana (2002). For qualitative primary data using in- the practice of female circumcision is still widely practiced on the grounds of religious

depth interviews conducted in accordance with the needs of researchers in the persecution, where labor is executing is carried out by a excisors who must use tools not

sterile and dangerous, therefore, to the issuance of Kepmenkes No.1636 / Menkes / PPER
group of key informants about the behavior of female circumcision. The data
/ 2010 is expected to female circumcision performed by trained medical personnel so as to
were processed using SPSS version 13.0 through the stages of data processing,
ensure the practice of female circumcision is safe for the genitals of girls and safe for
namely editing, coding, entry, tabulating. Processing of qualitative data collected
children's mental health in the future.
from recordings using a voice recorder, and moved in written form (transcript).
Keywords: Female Circumcision, Practice, Regulation