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Open AccessEffects of the reaching married adolescents program on modern contraceptive use and intimate partner violence: results of a cluster randomized controlled trial among married adolescent girls and their husbands in Dosso, Niger
Niger has the highest rate of adolescent fertility in the world, with early marriage, early childbearing and high gender inequity. This study assesses the impact of Reaching Married Adolescents (RMA), a gender...
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Open AccessInterpregnancy Interval and Child Health Outcomes in India: Evidence from Three Recent Rounds of National Family Health Survey
Short interpregnancy interval (IPI) is a well-known risk factor for preterm births and low birth weights. However, research on the association between interpregnancy interval (IPI) and health outcomes in child...
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Open AccessA mediation analysis of the role of girl child marriage in the relationship between proximity to conflict and past-year intimate partner violence in post-conflict Sri Lanka
Studies from many contexts indicate that proximity to conflict is associated with increased likelihood of intimate partner violence (IPV), and girl child marriage is associated with both proximity to conflict ...
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Open AccessDevelopment of the India Patriarchy Index: Validation and Testing of Temporal and Spatial Patterning
While existing indices of gender equality measure the role of women’s status and position, they inadequately contextualize the broader construct of patriarchy, a social system that underlies many gender inequi...
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Open AccessModern contraceptive use among women in need of family planning in India: an analysis of the inequalities related to the mix of methods used
To evaluate the type of contraceptives used by women in need of family planning in India and the inequalities associated with that use according to women's age, education, wealth, subnational region of residen...
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Open AccessSpatial analysis of individual- and village-level sociodemographic characteristics associated with age at marriage among married adolescents in rural Niger
Niger has the highest prevalence of child marriage in the world. While child marriage in Niger is clearly normative in the sense that it is commonly practiced, the social and contextual factors that contribute...
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Open AccessStudents and brides: a qualitative analysis of the relationship between girls’ education and early marriage in Ethiopia and India
Early marriage (< 18 years) is associated with education cessation among girls. Little research has qualitatively assessed how girls build resiliency in affected contexts. This study examines these issues in O...
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Open AccessBeyond the statistic: exploring the process of early marriage decision-making using qualitative findings from Ethiopia and India
Early marriage of girls (marriage < 18 years) is a pervasive abuse of rights that compromises maternal and child health. The common conceptualization of this practice as an outcome undermines the nuanced and s...
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Open AccessAssociations between intimate partner violence and reproductive and maternal health outcomes in Bihar, India: a cross-sectional study
Bihar, India has higher rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) and maternal and infant mortality relative to India as a whole. This study assesses whether IPV is associated with poor reproductive and materna...
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Open AccessAssociations of intimate partner violence with postnatal health practices in Bihar, India
Reducing neonatal mortality is a global priority, and improvements in postnatal health (PNH) practices in India are needed to do so. Intimate partner violence (IPV) may be associated with PNH practices, but li...
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Open AccessA decade of investments in monitoring the HIV epidemic: how far have we come? A descriptive analysis
The 2001 Declaration of Commitment (DoC) adopted by the General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS) included a call to monitor national responses to the HIV epidemic. Since the DoC, efforts and inves...
