Abstract

GALVEZ GONZALEZ, Ana María; MARTINTO GALVEZ, Mariam Trilce; RODRIGUEZ CABRERA, Aida  and  ALVAREZ VAZQUEZ, Luisa. Methodologic proposal for the economic analysis of pregnancy at adolescence in Cuba. Rev Cubana Salud Pública [online]. 2013, vol.39, suppl.1, pp. 961-973. ISSN 0864-3466.

Sexual and reproductive health concerns man in its individual, economic and social dimensions. Pregnancy and child delivery in adolescents generate high costs. The fertility rate of adolescents decreased in Cuba until 2006, but in the last few years, there has been an increase that represents a warning about the health of this group of young people. Cuba is developing projects aimed at improving the health status of adolescents such as the National Program of Integrated Care to the Health of Adolescents. Making economic analysis of the pregnancy at adolescence in Cuba is a pending task. Methodological tools providing timely information on the economic consequences of pregnancy at adolescence are required. The objective of this paper was to submit a methodological proposal in order to identify the economic effects of pregnancy at adolescence in Cuba. A literature and document review was made with Big 6 model as the information management pattern, with a view to identifying the studies on sexual and reproductive health, emphasizing the economic consequences of pregnancy at adolescence. This information was supplemented with interviews to experts in sexual and reproductive health and in economic analysis, who contributed several elements for the design of the final methodological proposal for this type of study from the macroeconomic and the microeconomic perspectives. Both provide the necessary useful economic information to allocate resources and to make decisions.

Keywords : sexual and reproductive health; economic burden of disease; pregnancy at adolescence; economic analysis.

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