Trial reportHealth economics2016
Income Transfers and Maternal Health: Evidence from a National Randomized Social Cash Transfer Program in Zambia.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Incentives for pregnant mothers during antenatal care for better maternal and neonatal health outcomes in low and middle income countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.F1000Research · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of women's economic empowerment interventions on antenatal care outcomes: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2023Pooled it
- Unconditional cash transfers for reducing poverty and vulnerabilities: effect on use of health services and health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- The impact of cash transfers on social determinants of health and health inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.Health policy and planning · 2018Pooled it
- Unconditional cash transfers for reducing poverty and vulnerabilities: effect on use of health services and health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Demand-side financing for maternal and newborn health: what do we know about factors that affect implementation of cash transfers and voucher programmes?BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2017Pooled it
- The effects of cash transfers and vouchers on the use and quality of maternity care services: A systematic review.PloS one · 2017Pooled it
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- Experiences of an unconditional cash transfer intervention among young adults with first-episode psychosis in South Africa: qualitative inquiry of patients and their caregivers.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the impact of social safety net program on health care utilization in Togo.Health economics review · 2025Article
- Cash transfer, maternal and child health outcomes: a scoping review in sub-Saharan Africa.Global health action · 2024Article
- Financing for equity for women's, children's and adolescents' health in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- The impact of unconditional cash transfers on morbidity and health-seeking behaviour in Africa: evidence from Ghana, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.Health policy and planning · 2022Article
- Health services availability and readiness moderate cash transfer impacts on health insurance enrolment: evidence from the LEAP 1000 cash transfer program in Ghana.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- COVID-19 and the impact of cash transfers on health care use in Togo.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Not just money: what mothers value in conditional cash transfer programs in India.BMJ global health · 2020Article
- Can conditional cash transfers improve maternal health care? Evidence from El Salvador's Comunidades Solidarias Rurales program.Health economics · 2020Article
- Healthcare at the Beginning of Life and Child Survival: Evidence from a Cash Transfer Experiment in Nigeria.Journal of development economics · 2020Article
- Cash Transfers and Child Nutrition: Pathways and Impacts.Development policy review : the journal of the Overseas Development Institute · 2017Article
- Unconditional Government Social Cash Transfer in Africa Does not Increase Fertility.Journal of population economics · 2016Article
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Abstract
There is promising recent evidence that poverty-targeted social cash transfers have potential to improve maternal health outcomes; however, questions remain surrounding design features responsible for impacts. In addition, virtually no evidence exists from the African region. This study explores the impact of Zambia's Child Grant Program on a range of maternal health utilization outcomes using a randomized design and difference-in-differences multivariate regression from data collected over 24 months from 2010 to 2012. Results indicate that while there are no measurable program impacts among the main sample, there are heterogeneous impacts on skilled attendance at birth among a sample of women residing in households having better access to maternal health services. The latter result is particularly interesting because of the overall low level of health care availability in program areas suggesting that dedicated program design or matching supply-side interventions may be necessary to leverage unconditional cash transfers in similar settings to impact maternal health.
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