Effectiveness of interventions to reduce child marriage and teen pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review of quantitative evidence

Edited by: Nega Assefa, Haramaya University, Ethiopia

Reviewed by: Eileen Ai-liang Yam, Mathematica, Inc., United States Sugarmaa Myagmarjav, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Mongolia

Specialty Section: This article was submitted to Adolescent Reproductive Health and Well-being, a section of the journal Frontiers in Reproductive Health

Abbreviations AIDS, Acquired Immuno-deficiency Syndrome; AOR, Adjusted odds ratio; CT, Cash Transfer; CCT, Conditional cash transfer; CENTRAL, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews; CI, Confidence interval; CINAHL, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature; cRTs, Cluster-randomized trials; FP, Family Planning; HEWC, Interventions consisting of health, education promotion, wealth building and community dialogue components; HIV, Human Immuno-deficiency Virus; HR, Hazard ratio; IEC, Information, education, and communication; JBI, Joanna Briggs Institute; OVC, Orphan and vulnerable children; PP, percentage point; PRISMA-ScR, Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses for scoping reviews; RH, Reproductive Heath; RR, Relative risk; SBCC, Social and behavioral change communication; SRH, Sexual and Reproductive Heath; SSA, Sub-Saharan Africa; TFR, Total Fertility Rate; TT, Teachers' training; UCCT, Unconditional cash transfer; UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund; VE, Violence prevention combined with and education promotion; VEH, Violence, Education and Health; VEHW, Violence prevention, education promotion, health, and wealth creation; WHO, World Health Organization; YFS, Youth Friendly Services.