A judicial notification discrepancy: child marriage and pregnancy
Abstract
Purpose: There may be some worries and discrepancies about of notification obligation for child marriage, child pregnancy. In this study, we aimed to determine the level of awareness of health workers about child marriage, child pregnancy and obligation of judicial notification.
Material and Methods: We performed training for family doctors and nurses about child marriage, child pregnancy and judicial notification. Participants completed a questionnaire, which was prepared by authors, before and after the training.
Results: While proportion of participants indicating they would not make judicial notification for child pregnancy was 75.9% (n=66) in the pre-test, it was 19.4% (n=12) in the post-test. The number of participants indicating they would make notification for both child pregnancy and marriage was 21 (24.1%) in the pre-test, 50 (80.6%) in the post-test. All participants indicating they would not make judicial notification for pregnancy (n=68), declared that they would not give permission to marry under age 18 if they had authority. 98.4% (n=60) of participants declared that they would make judicial notification for child marriage in the pre- and post-tests, although 50% (n=5) participants indicating they would not make notification in the pre-test, changed their opinion to make notification in the post-test.
Conclusion: There is a discrepancy about judicial notification of child marriage and child pregnancy among participants. It seems like the presence of pregnancy lead to avoidance of judicial notification. To make a brief presentation about child marriage/pregnancy for health workers, can raise great awareness about this topic and can create sensitivity about notification.
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