Socio-ecological factors of girl child marriage: a meta-synthesis of qualitative research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Child marriage of girls is one example of human rights violations, and is increasingly recognized as a key obstacle to global public health. Given the importance of a comprehensive understanding of the motivations for child marriage, this study aimed to identify socio-ecological factors contributing to gills child marriage.

Methods

A comprehensive search was conducted of all English-language studies measuring causes of child marriage between 2000 and October 2022 in the Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, PsycInfo, ProQuest, Poplin and Google Scholar databases. Girl child marriage is defined as a marriage under the age of 18. In this study, the CASP evaluation checklist was used to collect data. Two independent reviewers reviewed all articles.

Results

A total o

SUBMITTER: Pourtaheri A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10858465 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature