Associations of early marriage and early childbearing with anemia among adolescent girls in Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis of nationwide survey.
Fentanesh Nibret TirunehMesfin Wogayehu TenagashawDegnet Teferi AsresHirut Assaye CheriePublished in: Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique (2021)
Our findings show the presence of significant association between early marriage & early childbearing with adolescent anemia. Therefore, there is a need for effective policies and programs to end the practice of early child marriage and the consequent adolescent pregnancy in Ethiopia. This will help to improve nutritional status of adolescent girls as well as nutritional outcomes of their children.