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The 10-Step Cross-cultural Equivalence Process for Developing Measures for Culturally Informed Research Open

Jennifer J. Connor, Zahra Sheik, Cawo Abdi, Crista E. Johnson-Agbakwu · 2025

We describe a comprehensive ten step process for choosing and adapting existing scales or questionnaires to the Somali language for the Our Body Our Health (OBOH) study. The OBOH study aims to examine sexual pain, coping with pain, sexual …

Scientific Integrity and Pediatric Gender Healthcare: Disputing the HHS Review Open

G. Nic Rider, Ben C. D. Weideman, Diane Ehrensaft, Kriti Choudhary, Jennifer J. Connor , et al. · 2025

Decisional Conflict in Regarding Deinfibulation in Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study Open

Sanjay Chanda, Ryan L. Rahm-Knigge, Nicole Chaisson, Beatrice “Bean” E. Robinson, Anisa Hagi-Mohammed , et al. · 2025

Many Somali female migrants experience Female Genital Mutilation/Female Genital Cutting (FGM/C) during childhood, a procedure that involves removal of the external female genitalia for non-medical reasons; most undergo infibulation, which …

(033) DECISIONAL CONFLICT REGARDING DEINFIBULATION IN FGM/C PATIENTS: A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY Open

Sanjay Chanda, Jennifer J. Connor, Nicole Chaisson, Bruce Robinson · 2025

Introduction The majority of Somali female migrants experience Female Genital Mutilation/Female Genital Cutting (FGM/C) during childhood, a procedure that involves removal of the external female genitalia for non-medical reasons; most unde…

Cultural Norm Transmission/Disruption amongst Somali Refugee Women: The Beauty and Privilege of Intergenerational Relationships Open

Zamzam Dini, Cawo Abdi, Beatrice E. Robinson, Jennifer J. Connor · 2024

Since the onset of the Somali civil war in the late 1980s, more than 2 million Somalis have been internally displaced or crossed international borders to seek haven. Yet, research on diasporic Somali women’s intergenerational communication…

The need for and acceptability of a curriculum to train nursing and medical students in the sexual healthcare of clients with female genital mutilation/cutting in Tanzania Open

Dorkasi L. Mwakawanga, Agnes F. Massae, Nidhi Kohli, Gift G. Lukumay, Corissa T. Rohloff , et al. · 2024

Background Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is tied to one of the most conservative cultures in the Mediterranean and Sub-Saharan Africa. More than 200 million girls and women in 30 African, Asian and the middle Eastern countries …

Our Body Our Health (Jirkeena, Caafimaadkeena): Somali Women’s Narratives on Sexual Health Open

Jennifer J. Connor, Cawo Abdi, Muzi Chen, Munira Salad, Shannon Pergament , et al. · 2023

Women across the globe have been subject to female genital cutting (FGC), with the highest rates in Somalia. FGC can result in sexual concerns, especially sexual pain and lower pleasure. Due to ongoing civil war and climate disasters, ther…

Beautiful vulvas: expanding illustrative visual imagery of female genital cutting types Open

Nicole Chaisson, Crista E. Johnson‐Agbakwu, Ashley Finch, Munira Salad, Jennifer J. Connor , et al. · 2023

Background Visual imagery has been used to educate healthcare providers, patients, and the lay public on female genital cutting (FGC) typology and reconstructive procedures. However, culturally inclusive, diverse, and anatomically accurate…

Female genital cutting (FGC) type: proposing a multifaceted, interactive method for FGC self-assessment Open

Crista E. Johnson‐Agbakwu, Muzi Chen, Munira Salad, Nicole Chaisson, Jennifer J. Connor , et al. · 2023

Background Self-reporting female genital cutting (FGC) status and types by patients and clinicians is often inconsistent and inaccurate, particularly in community settings where clinically verifiable genital exams are not feasible or cultu…

Sexual Health and Integrative Pleasure (SHIP) Model: Using a clinical case example to guide assessment and treatment Open

Abby Girard, Nicholas P. Newstrom, Jennifer J. Connor, Katherine Arenella, Jennifer A. Vencill , et al. · 2022

This manuscript presents a conceptual model—the Sexual Health and Integrative Pleasure (SHIP) Model—for the clinical assessment and intervention of sexual health concerns. The model was developed by a group of couple/marital family therapy…

Response to Commentaries: Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior to Female Genital Cutting and Deinfibulation Open

Sonya S. Brady, Jennifer J. Connor, Nicole Chaisson, Fatima Sharif Mohamed, Beatrice “Bean” E. Robinson · 2021

Response to Commentaries: Understanding Women’s Responses to Sexual Pain After Female Genital Cutting Open

Jennifer J. Connor, Sonya S. Brady, Nicole Chaisson, Fatima Sharif Mohamed, Beatrice “Bean” E. Robinson · 2021

An Author’s Delusion in Victorian Canada: Richard Maurice Bucke and Transnational Publishing of Popular Science Open

Jennifer J. Connor · 2021

We know little about the transnational publishing experience of authors of books about scientific topics in Canada. This study therefore explores the nineteenth-century publication of a Canadian author’s manuscript in the United States and…

Psychosocial Factors Influence Sexual Satisfaction among Women with Vulvodynia Open

Jennifer J. Connor, Miriam J. Haviland, Sonya S. Brady, Beatrice “Bean” E. Robinson, Bernard L. Harlow · 2020

Vulvodynia affects about 8% of women, many of whom report a negative impact on their ability to have sexually satisfying relationships. In this study, we examined predictors of sexual satisfaction in 207 women with clinically confirmed vul…

Female Genital Cutting and Deinfibulation: Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior to Research and Practice Open

Sonya S. Brady, Jennifer J. Connor, Nicole Chaisson, Fatima Sharif Mohamed, Beatrice “Bean” E. Robinson · 2019

Understanding Women’s Responses to Sexual Pain After Female Genital Cutting: An Integrative Psychological Pain Response Model Open

Jennifer J. Connor, Sonya S. Brady, Nicole Chaisson, Fatima Sharif Mohamed, Beatrice “Bean” E. Robinson · 2019

Publications Exchanges in Distribution Open

Jennifer J. Connor · 2019

Expanding the concept of ownership to include distributorship allows consideration of a book route that diverges from circuits often associated with book culture studies. In particular, as this article outlines, organized publications exch…

Front Matter Open

John K. Crellin, Pat Sandiford, Grygier Labrador, Annmarie Adams, Edgar-André Montigny , et al. · 2018

This series presents books in the history of medicine, health studies, and social policy, exploring interactions between the institutions, ideas, and practices of medicine and those of society as a whole.To begin to understand these comple…

Twins conceived using IVF: a follow-up of the family environment and psychosocial adjustment in adolescence Open

Kayla N. Anderson, Jennifer J. Connor, Ascan F. Koerner, Martha A. Rueter · 2016

University of Minnesota (UMN) Agriculture Experiment Station (MN-52-107), UMN Grant-in-Aid of Research, Artistry and Scholarship, UMN College of Education and Human Development Research Development Investment Grant, UMN Women's Philosophic…

The East African HIV prevention model: Perspectives from HIV-positive male immigrants living in the USA Open

Jennifer J. Connor, Sharon M. Lund, Amanda Ciesinski, Megan C. Finsaas, Tom Bichanga , et al. · 2016

African-born immigrants have been identified as a high risk population for contracting HIV/AIDS. We used Community Identification processes to interview three types of respondents: 11 HIV-seropositive East African-born men; 11 professional…

Conceptualizing Health Care in Rural and Remote Pre-Confederation Newfoundland as Ecosystem Open

J.T.H. Connor, Jennifer J. Connor, Monica Kidd, Maria Mathews · 2015

Historical attention to the broad topic of health care for the island of Newfoundland (that is, excluding Labrador) has focused mainly on the period after \nConfederation with Canada in 1949.1 Even though services for health care delivery …

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