Evaluation of Berhane Hewan: a program to delay child marriage in rural Ethiopia.
Author(s) -
Annabel Erulkar,
Eunice Muthengi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international perspectives on sexual and reproductive health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.774
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1944-0405
pISSN - 1944-0391
DOI - 10.1363/ifpp.35.006.09
Subject(s) - child marriage , psychological intervention , odds , demography , reproductive health , odds ratio , logistic regression , medicine , rural area , family planning , intervention (counseling) , developing country , environmental health , population , economic growth , sociology , nursing , research methodology , pathology , economics
Early marriage limits girls' opportunities and compromises their health, yet in Sub-Saharan Africa many girls are married before the age of 18, and few programs have sought to increase the age at marriage on the continent.
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