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Abstract Early marriage is still a serious issue and a form of violence against girls. Aim: Assess nursing students’ awareness about the risk factors related to early marriage. Design: This is descriptive study. Setting: Nasser Institute Nursing School, Cairo, Egypt. Sample: Purposive sampling was used in this study, it included 120 all students presented in Nasser Institute Nursing School, their age under 18 yrs. Tools: Self-administered questionnaire: to assess of: Socio-demographic data of the nursing studied students., students‘ knowledge as regard to early marriage and reproductive health and nursing students’ perception of adverse physical, psychological and social health consequences of early marriage. Results: More than half of the nursing students (50.8%) were between age16-17 years old with mean age 14.6±1.2, about half of them (49.1%) were ranking as a second child. Regarding social status, less than two thirds of them (64.2%) were not engaged. More than half of the nursing students (58.3%) were live in a rural area. More than two thirds of the nursing students (68.3 %) were had enough monthly income. less than two thirds of the studied nursing students had unsatisfied knowledge about early marriage and reproductive health. Also, more than two thirds of them had positive perception regarding early marriage. Conclusion: There were a highly statistically significant relation between socio-demographic of the nursing students and their knowledge regarding early marriage. There is a positive correlation between knowledge and perception of the nursing students regarding early marriage. Recommendations: Further research studies are needed for ongoing assessment of girls awareness about the risk factors related to early marriage including large sample for generalization of results. |