The impact of a conditional cash transfer programme on determinants of child health: evidence from Colombia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programmes provide income to low-income families in return for fulfilling specific behavioural conditions. CCT have been shown to improve child health, but there are few systematic studies of their impact on multiple determinants of child health. We examined the impact of a CCT programme in Colombia on: (i) use of preventive health services; (ii) food consumption and dietary diversity; (iii) mother's knowledge, attitudes and practices about caregiving practices; (iv) maternal employment; and (v) women's empowerment.

Design

Secondary analysis of the quasi-experimental evaluation of the Familias en Accion programme. Children and families were assessed in 2002, 2003 and 2005-06. We applied a difference-in-differences approach using logi

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Arana S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10271116 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature