Determinants of Early Marriage from Married Girls’ Perspectives in Iranian Setting: A Qualitative Study
Joint Authors
Montazeri, Simin
Gharacheh, Maryam
Mohammadi, Nooredin
Alaghband Rad, Javad
Eftekhar Ardabili, Hassan
Source
Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-03-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Early marriage is a worldwide problem associated with a range of health and social consequences for teenage girls.
Designing effective health interventions for managing early marriage needs to apply the community-based approaches.
However, it has received less attention from policymakers and health researchers in Iran.
Therefore, the current study aimed to explore determinants of early marriage from married girls’ perspectives.
The study was conducted from May 2013 to January 2015 in Ahvaz, Iran.
A purposeful sampling method was used to select fifteen eligible participants.
Data were collected through face-to-face, semistructured interviews and were analyzed using the conventional content analysis approach.
Three categories emerged from the qualitative data including “family structure,” “Low autonomy in decision-making,” and “response to needs.” According to the results, although the participants were not ready to get married and intended to postpone their marriage, multiple factors such as individual and contextual factors propelled them to early marriage.
Given that early marriage is a multifactorial problem, health care providers should consider a multidimensional approach to support and empower these vulnerable girls.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Montazeri, Simin& Gharacheh, Maryam& Mohammadi, Nooredin& Alaghband Rad, Javad& Eftekhar Ardabili, Hassan. 2016. Determinants of Early Marriage from Married Girls’ Perspectives in Iranian Setting: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Environmental and Public Health،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1108545
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Montazeri, Simin…[et al.]. Determinants of Early Marriage from Married Girls’ Perspectives in Iranian Setting: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Environmental and Public Health No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Montazeri, Simin& Gharacheh, Maryam& Mohammadi, Nooredin& Alaghband Rad, Javad& Eftekhar Ardabili, Hassan. Determinants of Early Marriage from Married Girls’ Perspectives in Iranian Setting: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1108545
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1108545