Efficacy of an intervention for improving the reproductive and sexual health of married adolescent girls and addressing the adverse consequences of early motherhood
Background: In India, 45% of women were married before 18 years of age, of which 49·0% lived in rural Maharashtra (NFHS III, 2006, India). The median age at marriage was 15 years, and the median age of first birth was 17 years. Only 4·6% of married adolescent girls (MAGs) received minimum antenatal...
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Main Author: | Dr. Ashok Dyalchand, MPH (Author) |
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2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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