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Costa Rica Salud Mesoamérica Initiative Baseline School Survey 2013-2014

General Info

Provider 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Geography 
Costa Rica (CRI)
Limón, Puntarenas
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
September, 2013 - January, 2014
Series or system 
Salud Mesoamérica Initiative (SMI)
Data type
Survey: Cross-sectional - Facility (non-health) - Individual - Interview
Summary 

The Salud Mesoamérica Initiative (SMI) focuses on reducing inequalities in maternal and child health in Mesoamerica. This dataset is the product of an SMI impact evaluation. It includes results of a baseline school survey conducted in the provinces of Limón and Puntarenas in Costa Rico. The survey was conducted in a randomly selected sample of 41 secondary schools: high schools, technical schools, and night schools. The target sample for the survey was 1,000 students. Within each school, all sections in 7th-11th grades were eligible to be selected for the survey, and a section from each eligible grade was randomly selected to participate. Students completed a self-administered questionnaire which captured knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to the sexual and reproductive health of school students, as well as contact with reproductive health services.

Keywords 
Adolescents, Age at first sex, Alcohol use, Birth control pills, Childhood sexual violence, Condoms, Contraceptives, Education, Ethnicity, Health care access, Health care use, Health education, Health literacy, Health promotion, IUDs, Injectable contraceptives, Mental health symptoms, STDs, Screening, Sexual behavior, Sexual violence, Smokeless tobacco use, Suicide, Tobacco smoking, Young adults

Citation

Contributors 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
University of Costa Rica
Funders 
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
Carlos Slim Health Institute
Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Publisher 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Publication year 
2019
Suggested citation 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Costa Rica. Costa Rica Salud Mesoamérica Initiative Baseline School Survey 2013-2014. Seattle, United States of America: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), 2019.

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