Women's empowerment and child protection institutions in Indonesia face complex socio-economic challenges that place a long-term burden on the national health management system. Child marriage has become a major focus of public policy in Indonesia due to its long-term negative consequences for married girls, impacting their health, education, and future career opportunities. The prevalence of child marriage in Indonesia remains at 10.82%, placing 20 of 38 provinces above the national average. This study examines one of the 20 provinces with high rates of child marriage. This study aims to improve institutional health management strategies within women's empowerment and child protection organizations in Indonesia. This study adopted the Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) consisting of seven procedures. Data collection used the Delphi method with a Pentahelix model framework involving government, doctors, psychologists, judges, and religious leaders. The results show that the SSM procedure provides valuable insights for practitioners and policymakers in designing more effective and data-driven intervention programs to reduce the socio-economic impact of child marriage in Indonesia. The Pentahelix expert panel consensus reached an average of 82.3%, identifying Five critical grip areas that require immediate systemic change in institutional health management.

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Institutional health management, Child marriage, Soft Systems Methodology (SSM), Pentahelix, women’s empowerment, child protection, Indonesia