Scope, range and effectiveness of interventions to address social norms to prevent and delay child marriage and empower adolescent girls: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Harmful gender and social norms prescribe divergent opportunities for girls and boys and drive child marriage. This systematic review examines the scope, range and effectiveness of interventions to change social norms and delay child marriage.

Design

We systematically assess the contributions made by interventions that work to shift norms to prevent child marriage or to limit its harmful consequences. Our analysis classifies each study's quality in evaluation and implementation design regarding shifting norms.

Data sources

We conducted a search of electronic databases (PubMed, PsycINFO, Embase, CINAHL Plus, Popline, Web of Science and Cochrane Library) and grey literature (targeted hand-searches of 15 key organisations and Google Scholar).

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SUBMITTER: Greene ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10806698 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature