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Effectiveness of a community based intervention to delay early marriage, early pregnancy and improve school retention among adolescents in India (BMC Public Health 2018 18:732)

February 12, 2019

Child marriage is being increasingly recognized globally as a fundamental violation of human rights. Child marriages occur globally in varying degrees across countries and regions. South Asia alone accounted for almost half of the total number of child marriages that have occurred globally. Early marriage can lead to serious ramifications such as school drop-out, early pregnancy, maternal morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of a multi-pronged community-based intervention and the role of access to mass media on early marriage, early pregnancy and school retention among young people in two states of India.

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Filed Under: *INTER-PERSONAL ROUTES, *MASS MEDIA ROUTES, Awareness Raising, Behaviour Change Communication, Children, Education, India, Research Papers Tagged With: Early Marriage, School Dropouts, Teenage Pregnancy

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