Amanda Kalamar|Susan Lee?Rife|Michelle J. Hindin
Interventions to Prevent Child Marriage Among Young People in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review of the Published and Gray Literature
Johns Hopkins University|World Health Organization|Johns Hopkins University
child marriage defined marriage age 18 years human rights violation lasting adverse educational economic impacts objective review identify highquality interventions evaluations decease child marriage low middleincome countries pubmed embase psycinfo cinahl plus popline cochrane databases searched without language limitations articles published november 2015 gray literature searched hand reference tracing used well unpacking systematic reviews retained articles evaluated highquality interventions evaluations using standardized scoring eleven highquality interventions evaluations abstracted six found positive results decreasing proportion married increasing age marriage one positive negative findings four statistical impact proportion married age marriage wide range highquality impactful interventions included review inform researchers donors policy makers make strategic investments eradicate marriage current target sustainable development goals despite cultural factors promote child marriage diversity interventions allow decision makers tailor interventions cultural context target population