Nursing Students' perception about the Risk Factors Associated With Early Marriage | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 20, Volume 14, Issue 1, March 2023, Pages 270-278 PDF (270.83 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2023.282509 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Aml Gomaa Elsayed1; Nawal Mahmoud Soliman2; Shimaa Fathy Mekky3 | ||
| 1Nursing Master Student, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||
| 2Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||
| 3Lecture of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Despite the alarming trend of increased marriage age in many societies, early marriage is still a serious issue and a form of violence against girls. Aim: Assess nursing students' perception about the risk factors associated with early marriage. Setting: Nasser Institute Nursing School, Cairo, Egypt. Sample: Purposive sampling was used in this study, it includes (120) students all presented in Nasser Institute Nursing School Cairo, Egypt, their age under 18 yrs. Tools: Self administered questionnaire: It designed by the investigator in simple Arabic language to collect the following data: Socio-demographic data of the nursing students, nurses’ 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 were between age16-17 years old with mean age 14.6±1.2, as regarding ranking on the family, about half of them were ranking as a second child. Also, more than half of them were not working. Regarding social status, more than two thirds of them were not engaged. More than half of the nursing students were live in a rural area. More than two thirds of the nursing students were had enough monthly income. More 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 negative perception regarding early marriage. Conclusion: There was a highly statistically significant relation between age, occupation and marital status of the nursing students and their knowledge regarding early marriage. Moreover, there were a highly statistically significant relation between nursing students' socio-demographic characteristics and their perception 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 students including large sample for generalization of results. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Early marriage; Nursing students' perception | ||
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