Socioeconomic Differences in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health : Marriage

Socioeconomic Differences in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health : Marriage

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) is one of five areas of focus of the World Banks Reproductive Health Action Plan 2010-2015 (RHAP), which recognizes the importance of addressing ASRH as a development issue with important implication...

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Main Authors: Cortez, Rafael, Yarger, Jennifer, Decker, Mara, Brindis, Claire
Format: Brief
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
ADOLESCENCE
ADOLESCENT
ADOLESCENT FEMALES
ADOLESCENT FERTILITY
ADOLESCENT HEALTH
ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY
ADOLESCENT WOMEN
ADOLESCENTS
ADULTHOOD
AGED
BIRTH OUTCOMES
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MARRIAGE
CHILDBEARING
CHILDBIRTH
COERCIVE SEX
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
EARLY ADOLESCENT
EARLY MARRIAGE
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMPOWERMENT
FAMILIES
FAMILY PLANNING
FEMALE
FERTILITY
FERTILITY RATES
GENDER
GIRL CHILD
GYNECOLOGY
HIV
IMPLICATIONS FOR POVERTY REDUCTION
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFECTIONS
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN
INTIMATE PARTNER
LAWS
LEVELS OF FERTILITY
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LOWER FERTILITY
MATERNAL HEALTH
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES
NUTRITION
POLICY DIALOGUE
POOR HEALTH
POPULATION KNOWLEDGE
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PROVISION OF SERVICES
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES
RIGHTS OF CHILDREN
RISK OF PREGNANCY
RURAL AREAS
RURAL RESIDENCE
SERVICE UTILIZATION
SEX
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
SOCIOECONOMIC DIFFERENCES
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
STIS
UNFPA
UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES
UNPLANNED PREGNANCY
URBAN AREAS
USE OF MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES
VIOLENCE
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
WILL
YOUNG GIRLS
YOUNG WOMEN
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23913564/socioeconomic-differences-adolescent-sexual-reproductive-health-marriage
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22587
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Summary:Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) is one of five areas of focus of the World Banks Reproductive Health Action Plan 2010-2015 (RHAP), which recognizes the importance of addressing ASRH as a development issue with important implications for poverty reduction. Delaying childbearing and preventing unintended pregnancies during adolescence has been shown to schooling, future employment, and earnings (Greene Merrick, 2005). Early marriage often marks the beginning of exposure to the risk of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Research has shown that adolescent marriage is associated with unplanned pregnancy, rapid repeat childbirth, inadequate use of maternal health services, and poor birth outcomes, among other negative maternal and child health outcomes (Godha, Hotchkiss, and Gage, 2013; Raj Boehmer, 2013; Santhya, 2011). Furthermore, research in Ethiopia has found that adolescent females who marry before the age of 15 are at higher risk of intimate partner violence and coercive sex than those who marry between ages 15-18 (Erulkar, 2013). At the 65th World Health Assembly, representatives agreed that early marriage is a violation of the rights of children and adolescents. Early marriage is illegal in most of the places where it occurs. It limits young girls autonomy, knowledge, resources, and decision-making power (World Bank, 2014). Adolescent marriage is also much more likely to affect females than males: in the developing world, 16 percent of females are married in comparison to 3 percent of males (UNFPA, 2013).

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