Early Child Marriages, Unintended Pregnancies, and its impact on the Health of Young Girls in South Punjab

M Iqbal, A Sial - Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Research, 2023 - jhrlmc.com
Background: Unwanted pregnancies are a significant public health issue in South Punjab,
Pakistan, largely due to low contraception use and a substantial unmet need for family …

Factors associated with adolescent pregnancy in selected rural municipalities of Lalitpur district: A mixed method study

K Bhatta, S Bhandary - Journal of General Practice and Emergency …, 2022 - jgpemn.org.np
Method: Cross sectional study was conducted among 30 adolescent mothers, selected
purposively, from Bagmati and Konjyosom Rural Municipality of Lalitpur district. 4 in-depth …

Delaying first pregnancy in reducing burden of unintended pregnancy among married adolescents in urban slums of Bangladesh: A situation analysis

FA Huda, A Ahmed, HR Mahmood… - Journal of Health …, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the effect of delaying first pregnancy in
reducing burden of unintended pregnancy (UP) among married adolescent girls in urban …

Girl child marriage and its effect on fertility in Pakistan: findings from Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey, 2006–2007

M Nasrullah, S Muazzam, ZA Bhutta, A Raj - Maternal and child health …, 2014 - Springer
Child marriage (before 18 years) is prevalent in Pakistan, which disproportionately affects
young girls in rural, low income and low education households. Our study aims to determine …

Adolescent childbearing in India: Causes and concerns

P Bhakat, Y Kumar - Women's Reproductive Health, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Globally, adolescent pregnancy is one of the key issues in women's reproductive health.
Adolescent mothers face a higher risk of obstetrical concerns, and motherhood in …

Early marriage, poor reproductive health status of mother and child well-being in India

R Prakash, A Singh, PK Pathak… - BMJ Sexual & …, 2011 - srh.bmj.com
Background and methodology Early marriage, women's poor reproductive health and child
well-being are important areas of concern, especially in developing countries like India …

Reproductive behavior of newly married women in rural Punjab, India: A longitudinal study

A Chaudhary, M Satija, S Sharma… - Journal of Family …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The objective of this study is to follow a cohort of newly married women
immediately after marriage until their first pregnancy outcome to gain an insight into their …

[HTML][HTML] Decline in child marriage and changes in its effect on reproductive outcomes in Bangladesh

SMM Kamal - Journal of health, population, and nutrition, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This paper explores the decline in child marriage and changes in its effect on reproductive
outcomes of Bangladeshi women, using the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic and Health …

[PDF][PDF] A descriptive study of the socio-demographic determinants influencing adolescent pregnancy in Shimoga Town, Karnataka

AK Menon, N Praveen, MV Sagar - Int J Med Sci Public Health, 2014 - academia.edu
Background: Young age at pregnancy carries significant risk for the mother and baby,
adding to the burden of maternal and child mortality. Aims & Objective:(1) To study the socio …

Unplanned pregnancy linked to poor child health in India

P Doskoch - International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive …, 2012 - JSTOR
Unintended pregnancies are associated with a variety of negative child and maternal out
comes, according to a large-scale analysis from India. 1 Although some of these asso …