TY - JOUR
T1 - Public Health Policy Practice for Early-Age Marriage in Gunung Kidul, Indonesia
T2 - 4th International Conference on Energy, Environment, Epidemiology and Information System, ICENIS 2019
AU - Palupi, Restu Anandya
AU - Sulistiadi, Wahyu
AU - Asyary, Al
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by Directorate for Research and Community Services, University of Indonesia (DRPM-UI). We thank to several parties which consisted of: University of Indonesia (UI), and The Gunungkidul District Local Government.
Funding Information:
The Book of Patterns for the Development of Sakinah Families and Villages Assisted by the Sakinah Family (DBKS) by the Field of Islamic Affairs of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion of DIY
Publisher Copyright:
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2019.
PY - 2019/10/28
Y1 - 2019/10/28
N2 - Background: Early-age marriage becomes the raising issue regarding its implication, particularly on child health. The efforts to reduce this issue were by changing, monitor, and evaluate the rule of the limit age of marriage for children which was still inappropriately happened in Indonesia, especially in Gunungkidul. Purpose: This study evaluated the Regent Regulation practice as its both performance and effectiveness in improving child health in this region. Methodology: A qualitative design was used in this evaluation study with an in-depth interview and analyzed all governments' reports as secondary data collecting. Results: Regent Regulation of 36/2015 affected to reduce the case of child marriage in Gunungkidul. It reduced almost a half (45.78%) of the early-age marriage from 2015 to 2017. Informants confirmed that more than 1/3 divorce cases in this region were decreased as well as the suppressed dispensation for early-age marriage (<100 marriage) and lowest amount of maternity cases on the adolescent group. It was also effective in reducing the low-birth weight, from 2015 to 2017, and stunting cases on children, from 2015 to 2016. Conclusion: Positive externality of Regent Regulation of early-age marriage and its impacts was seen by affecting the spirit of the other regions to follow them.
AB - Background: Early-age marriage becomes the raising issue regarding its implication, particularly on child health. The efforts to reduce this issue were by changing, monitor, and evaluate the rule of the limit age of marriage for children which was still inappropriately happened in Indonesia, especially in Gunungkidul. Purpose: This study evaluated the Regent Regulation practice as its both performance and effectiveness in improving child health in this region. Methodology: A qualitative design was used in this evaluation study with an in-depth interview and analyzed all governments' reports as secondary data collecting. Results: Regent Regulation of 36/2015 affected to reduce the case of child marriage in Gunungkidul. It reduced almost a half (45.78%) of the early-age marriage from 2015 to 2017. Informants confirmed that more than 1/3 divorce cases in this region were decreased as well as the suppressed dispensation for early-age marriage (<100 marriage) and lowest amount of maternity cases on the adolescent group. It was also effective in reducing the low-birth weight, from 2015 to 2017, and stunting cases on children, from 2015 to 2016. Conclusion: Positive externality of Regent Regulation of early-age marriage and its impacts was seen by affecting the spirit of the other regions to follow them.
KW - Child health
KW - Early-age marriage
KW - Evaluation
KW - Indonesia
KW - Low birth weight
KW - Stunting
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U2 - 10.1051/e3sconf/201912517002
DO - 10.1051/e3sconf/201912517002
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85075246715
SN - 2555-0403
VL - 125
JO - E3S Web of Conferences
JF - E3S Web of Conferences
M1 - 17002
Y2 - 7 August 2019 through 8 August 2019
ER -
