@article{ref1,
title="A clear message: child marriage is a significant global problem requiring a collaborative, contextual, and evidence-based response [editorial]",
journal="Journal of Adolescent Health",
year="2021",
author="Irwin, Charles E. Jr",
volume="69",
number="6",
pages="871-872",
abstract="With this issue comes a first for the Journal of Adolescent Health: a comprehensive review of child marriage throughout the world. The supplement begins with an editorial from the supplement's guest editors Muthengi, Olum, and Chandra-Mouli highlighting the magnitude of this public health and social challenge--globally, approximately 12 million girls are married before the age of 18 each year. The editorial also clarifies that all of our data on child marriage are from pre-COVID-19 pandemic estimates where there was optimism about declining rates of child marriage globally...<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1054-139X",
doi="10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.09.003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.09.003"
}