Abstract
Knowledge of Females Preparatory Students Regarding Early Marriage Health Consequences
Highlights
Adolescence is a stage of life marked by unique health and developmental needs
Child marriage is a global issue with serious consequences, 34% of girls married by the age of 18 and 11% married before the age of
The study sample in the age of 15 years representing more than half with a mean age 14.7± .566 years, the majority of the study sample having siblings, more than one third of studied students have one sister while less than half of them have one brother .Regarding to birth order one third of them were the first (Table 1)
Summary
Adolescence is a stage of life marked by unique health and developmental needs. Marriage is a global issue with a variety of health and social implications for girls. It is a major violation of human rights. The factors that exposed a girl at risk for early marriage are poverty, the perception that marriage will provide ‘protection’, family honor, social norms, customary or religious laws that prevent early marriage's practice, an insufficient legislative structure and the state of a country’s civil registration system(2). Child marriage is a global issue with serious consequences, 34% of girls married by the age of 18 and 11% married before the age of
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