Sociocultural factors perpetuating the practices of early marriage and childbirth in Sylhet District, Bangladesh

Conclusions
Future efforts to promote delay in marriage and subsequent early childbearing should focus on allaying the fears of infertility related to delay in childbearing or secondary to contraceptive use, both for newly married couples and household decision-makers such as mothers-in-law.

Source: International Health - May 11, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Henry, E. G., Lehnertz, N. B., Alam, A., Ali, N. A., Williams, E. K., Rahman, S. M., Ahmed, S., El Arifeen, S., Baqui, A. H., Winch, P. J. Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research