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Abstract
Early marriage is still a serious issue and a form of violence against girls.
Aim: Assess nursing students’ awareness about the risk factors related to
early marriage. Design: This is descriptive study. Setting: Nasser Institute
Nursing School, Cairo, Egypt. Sample: Purposive sampling was used in
this study, it included 120 all students presented in Nasser Institute Nursing
School, their age under 18 yrs. Tools: Self-administered questionnaire: to
assess of: Socio-demographic data of the nursing studied students.,
students‘ knowledge as regard to early marriage and reproductive health
and nursing students’ perception of adverse physical, psychological and
social health consequences of early marriage. Results: More than half of
the nursing students (50.8%) were between age16-17 years old with mean
age 14.6±1.2, about half of them (49.1%) were ranking as a second child.
Regarding social status, less than two thirds of them (64.2%) were not
engaged. More than half of the nursing students (58.3%) were live in a rural
area. More than two thirds of the nursing students (68.3 %) were had
enough monthly income. less than two thirds of the studied nursing students
had unsatisfied knowledge about early marriage and reproductive health.
Also, more than two thirds of them had positive perception regarding early
marriage. Conclusion: There were a highly statistically significant relation
between socio-demographic of the nursing students and their knowledge
regarding early marriage. There is a positive correlation between knowledge
and perception of the nursing students regarding early marriage.
Recommendations: Further research studies are needed for ongoing
assessment of girls awareness about the risk factors related to early
marriage including large sample for generalization of results.