International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Article Analysing Normative Influences on the Prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting among 0–14 Years Old Girls in Senegal: A Spatial Bayesian Hierarchical Regression Approach Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala 1,2,*, Chibuzor Christopher Nnanatu 3 , Glory Atilola 3 , Paul Komba 3, Lubanzadio Mavatikua 3, Zhuzhi Moore 4 and Dennis Matanda 5 1 Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK 2 Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa 3 Department of Mathematics, Physics & Electrical Engineering (MPEE), Northumbria University, Newcastle NE1 8ST, UK;
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[email protected] Abstract: Background: Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a harmful traditional practice affecting the health and rights of women and girls. This has raised global attention on the imple- Citation: Kandala, N.-B.; Nnanatu, mentation of strategies to eliminate the practice in conformity with the Sustainable Development C.C.; Atilola, G.; Komba, P.; Goals (SDGs). A recent study on the trends of FGM/C among Senegalese women (aged 15–49) Mavatikua, L.; Moore, Z.; Matanda, D. which examined how individual- and community-level factors affected the practice, found significant Analysing Normative Influences on regional variations in the practice.