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Manahil Siddiqi1, Margaret E Greene2, Alexandra Stoppel3
1Department of Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, USA. manahil@uw.edu.
Abstract:
Child marriage, defined by the United Nations as marriage before the age of 18 years, is a widespread practice with serious health and social consequences. We systematically reviewed academic and gray literature to learn what is known about the current state of the evidence for interventions to respond to the needs of married adolescents. Our analysis of the 29 included intervention studies identified variability across sectors, with most programs focusing on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and maternal health. We found that interventions occur mostly at a small scale, are geographically concentrated, and focus on SRH to the neglect of other sectors. There is a need for programs to focus on improving educational and economic outcomes among married girls, as well as increased efforts to support equitable marital relations and engage men and boys. The emphasis on preventing child marriage must be matched by efforts to mitigate and respond to the practice.
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