一项大力推进的社区干预措施将童婚率降低了80%
Isabelle Cohen1, Maryam Abubakar2, Daniel Perlman3
1University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. imcohen@uw.edu.
Nature
|March 12, 2026
概括
尼日利亚的一项以社区为中心的干预措施显著减少了超过80%的童婚. 这个名为"选择之路" (Pathways to Choice) 的计划,通过推迟婚姻和增加学校入学率,赋予了青少年女孩权力,并改善了她们的未来.
科学领域:
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 发展研究 发展研究 研究
背景情况:
- 童婚是一个全球性问题,尼日利亚北部80%的女孩在18岁之前结婚.
- 延迟结婚提供了显著的好处,包括提高教育成绩和健康结果.
- 减少童婚的现有干预措施已经显示出有限的影响.
研究的目的:
- 严格评估当地定制的"大推"干预措施"选择之路" (Pathways to Choice) 在减少尼日利亚北部童婚方面的有效性.
- 了解干预措施影响童婚率的机制.
- 评估教育和社区参与在干预成功中的作用.
主要方法:
- 一个配对的集群随机试验在尼日利亚北部的18个社区进行.
- 该干预,选择之路,采用"大推"策略,根据当地环境量身定制.
- 收集和分析了有关青少年女孩结婚率和入学率的数据.
主要成果:
- "选择之路"干预措施使青少年女孩的结婚率从对照组的86%降低到治疗组的21%,减少了80%以上.
- 这项干预措施导致了女孩重返学校的数量大幅增加.
- 虽然教育是一个因素,但它并不仅仅解释了童婚减少的原因.
结论:
- 一个全面的,以社区为中心的"大推"干预可以显著改变围绕童婚的根深蒂固的规范.
- 捆绑干预,如选择之路,可以比其部分的总和更有效.
- 整个社区的方法可能会减轻社会反响,有助于干预的成功.
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