Supporting married girls: Calling attention to a neglected group

Santhya, K.G.; Erulkar, Annabel

doi:10.31899/pgy12.1014

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“…Since this study has shown that early childbirth is a major issue among child brides, programmes that increase access to contraception and family planning services should be promising. In addition, livelihood support programmes can help young brides to generate their own income and increase their agency [ 44 ].…”

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Child marriage and associated outcomes in northern Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Groot¹,

Kuunyem²,

Palermo³

2018

BMC Public Health

109

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BackgroundChild marriage is a human rights violation disproportionately affecting girls in lower- and middle-income countries and has serious public health implications. In Ghana, one in five girls marry before their 18th birthday and one in 20 girls is married before her 15th birthday. This paper uses a unique dataset from Northern Ghana to examine the association between child marriage and adverse outcomes for women among a uniquely vulnerable population.MethodsBaseline data from on ongoing impact evaluation of a government-run cash transfer programme was used. The sample consisted of 1349 ever-married women aged 20–29 years from 2497 households in the Northern and Upper East regions of Ghana. We estimated a series of ordinary least squares (OLS) and logistic regression models to examine associations of child marriage with health, fertility, contraception, child mortality, social support, stress and agency outcomes among women, controlling for individual characteristics and household-level factors.ResultsChild marriage in this sample was associated with increased odds of poorer health, as measured by difficulties in daily activities (OR = 2.08; CI 1.28–3.38 among women 20–24 years and OR = 1.58; CI 1.19–2.12 among women 20–29 years), increased odds of child mortality among first-born children (OR = 2.03; CI 1.09–3.77 among women 20–24 years) and lower odds of believing that one’s life is determined by their own actions (OR = 0.42; CI 0.25–0.72 among women 20–24 years and OR = 0.54; CI 0.39–0.75 among women 20–29 years). Conversely, child marriage was associated with lower levels of reported stress (regression coefficient = − 1.18; CI -1.84–-0.51 among women 20–29 years).ConclusionsChild marriage is common in Northern Ghana and is associated with poor health, increased child mortality, and low agency among women in this sample of extremely poor households. While not much is known about effective measures to combat child marriage in the context of Ghana, programmes that address key drivers of early marriage such as economic insecurity and school enrolment at the secondary level, should be examined with respect to their effectiveness at reducing early marriage.Trial registration: Registered in the Registry for International Development Impact Evaluations (RIDIE) on 01 July 2015, with number RIDIE-STUDY-ID-55942496d53af.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Child marriage and associated outcomes in northern Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Groot¹,

Kuunyem²,

Palermo³

2018

BMC Public Health

109

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“…The results of research on marriage at the young age of <16 years who will then become parents at an early age will cause someone to have less skills in caring for their children, in contrast to people who have toddlers in adulthood (Santhya et al, 2008;and Santhya, 2011). Therefore, toddlers born from early marriage have a higher risk of developmental delays compared to toddlers born to parents who are not married early.…”

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Determinant of Early Marriage Adolescent to Risk Giving Birth Child in Case of Stunting

Widowati,

Ira Nurmala,

Devy

et al. 2024

JPK

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Background: Early marriage by adolescents aged less than 16 years can affect the reproductive health readiness of mothers or prospective mothers in giving birth to children with low birth weight potential and risk of stunting. Method: The method used for systematic article review was obtained from 5 databases with 15 relevant articles screened using the PRISMA method. Results: The results of the data obtained are that economic status is very influential on the incidence of stunting, this is due to poor fulfillment of toddler nutrition, lack of education of parents of toddlers, and lack of information and access to good health services. Conclusion: Educational background, economic status, cultural background and environment are the strongest factors that can encourage early marriage for adolescents with the majority living in less developed areas.

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Barriers to and Facilitators of Contraceptive Use Among Married Adolescent Girls in Six Sub-Saharan African Countries

Tirivayi

2019

Women and Sustainable Human Development

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Supporting married girls: Calling attention to a neglected group

Cited by 7 publications

References 18 publications

Child marriage and associated outcomes in northern Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Child marriage and associated outcomes in northern Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Determinant of Early Marriage Adolescent to Risk Giving Birth Child in Case of Stunting

Barriers to and Facilitators of Contraceptive Use Among Married Adolescent Girls in Six Sub-Saharan African Countries

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