Brazil’s Conditional Cash Transfer Program Associated With Declines In Infant Mortality Rates
| Autor: | Amie Shei |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Program evaluation
Inequality media_common.quotation_subject Maternal-Child Health Centers Population Developing country Health Services Accessibility Social Security Infant Mortality Preventive Health Services Economics Humans Healthcare Disparities Socioeconomics education Developing Countries Health Education Poverty media_common Family Health education.field_of_study Health Policy Mortality rate Conditional cash transfer Infant Newborn Infant Infant mortality Female Brazil Demography |
| Zdroj: | Health Affairs. 32:1274-1281 |
| ISSN: | 1544-5208 0278-2715 |
| Popis: | Conditional cash transfer programs are innovative social safety-net programs that aim to relieve poverty. They provide a regular source of income to poor families and are "conditional" in that they require poor families to invest in the health and education of their children through greater use of educational and preventive health services. Brazil's Bolsa Família conditional cash transfer program, created in 2003, is the world's largest program of its kind. During the first five years of the program, it was associated with a significant 9.3 percent reduction in overall infant mortality rates, with greater declines in postneonatal mortality rates than in mortality rates at an earlier age and in municipalities with many users of Brazil's Family Health Program than in those with lower use rates. There were also larger effects in municipalities with higher infant mortality rates at baseline. Programs like Bolsa Família can improve child health and reduce long-standing health inequalities. Policy makers should review the adequacy of basic health services to ensure that the services can respond to the increased demand created by such programs. Programs should also target vulnerable groups at greatest risk and include careful monitoring and evaluation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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