Trial reportAmerican journal of public health2014
Impact of welfare reform on mortality: an evaluation of the Connecticut jobs first program, a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in American journal of public health, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- Can Social Policies Improve Health? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 38 Randomized Trials.The Milbank quarterly · 2020Pooled it
- The impact of social assistance programs on population health: a systematic review of research in high-income countries.BMC public health · 2019Pooled it
- Welfare-to-work interventions and their effects on the mental and physical health of lone parents and their children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Welfare-to-work interventions and their effects on the mental and physical health of lone parents and their children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Non-financial social determinants of diabetes among public assistance recipients in Japan: A cohort study.Journal of diabetes investigation · 2021Article
- Differences between blacks and whites in well-being, beliefs, emotional states, behaviors and survival, 1978-2014.PloS one · 2020Article
- Is social assistance boosting the health of the poor? Results from Ontario and three countries.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2019Article
- Social Policy Expenditures and Life Expectancy in High-Income Countries.American journal of preventive medicine · 2018Article
- More money, fewer lives: the cost effectiveness of welfare reform in the United States.American journal of public health · 2015Article
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesWe examined whether Jobs First, a multicenter randomized trial of a welfare reform program conducted in Connecticut, demonstrated increases in employment, income, and health insurance relative to traditional welfare (Aid to Families with Dependent Children). We also investigated if higher earnings and employment improved mortality of the participants.
methodsWe revisited the Jobs First randomized trial, successfully linking 4612 participant identifiers to 15 years of prospective mortality follow-up data through 2010, producing 240 deaths. The analysis was powered to detect a 20% change in mortality hazards.
resultsSignificant employment and income benefits were realized among Jobs First recipients relative to traditional welfare recipients, particularly for the most disadvantaged groups. However, although none of these reached statistical significance, all participants in Jobs First (overall, across centers, and all subgroups) experienced higher mortality hazards than traditional welfare recipients.
conclusionsIncreases in income and employment produced by Jobs First relative to traditional welfare improved socioeconomic status but did not improve survival.
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