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SynthesisInternational journal of public health2014

The impact of conditional cash transfers on child health in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.

Ebenezer Owusu-Addo, Ruth Cross

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Synthesis in International 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 59 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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59 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ebenezer Owusu-AddoBureau of Integrated Rural Development, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, eowusuaddo@yahoo.co.uk.
Ruth Cross

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe review aimed to assess the effectiveness of conditional cash transfers (CCTs) in improving child health in low- and middle-income countries.

methodsSeven electronic databases were searched for papers: MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed, PsychINFO, BIOSIS Previews, Academic Search Complete, and CSA Sociological Abstracts. The included studies comprised of randomised controlled trials and controlled before-and-after studies evaluating the impact of CCTs on child health. Due to the substantial heterogeneity of the studies, a narrative synthesis was conducted on the extracted data.

resultsSixteen studies predominantly from Latin American countries met the inclusion criteria. The outcomes reported by the studies in relation to CCTs' effectiveness in improving child health were reduction in morbidity risk, improvement in nutritional outcomes, health services utilisation, and immunisation coverage.

conclusionsThe review suggests that to a large extent, CCTs are effective in improving child health by addressing child health determinants such as access to health care, child and maternal nutrition, morbidity risk, immunisation coverage, and household poverty in developing countries particularly middle-income countries. Of importance to both policy and practice, it appears that CCTs require effective functioning of health care systems to effectively promote child health.

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AdolescentAdultChildChild, PreschoolChild WelfareDeveloping CountriesFemaleFinancing, GovernmentHealth PromotionHealth Services AccessibilityHumansIncomeInfantInfant, NewbornLatin AmericaMale

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PMID24898173

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