Protocol for cluster randomized evaluation of reaching married adolescents - a gender-synchronized intervention to increase modern contraceptive use among married adolescent girls and young women and their husbands in Niger

• Main Authors: Sneha Challa (Author), Stephanie M. DeLong (Author), Nicole Carter (Author), Nicole Johns (Author), Holly Shakya (Author), Sabrina C. Boyce (Author), Ricardo Vera-Monroy (Author), Sani Aliou (Author), Fatouma A. Ibrahima (Author), Mohamad I. Brooks (Author), Caitlin Corneliess (Author), Claire Moodie (Author), Abdoul Moumouni Nouhou (Author), Illa Souley (Author), Anita Raj (Author), Jay G. Silverman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Early marriage and early childbearing are highly prevalent in Niger with 75% of girls married before age 18 years and 42% of girls giving birth between ages 15 and 18 years. In 2012, only 7% of all 15-19-year-old married adolescents (male and female) reported use of a modern cont...