Income Segregation, Conditional Cash Transfers, and Breast Cancer Mortality Among Women in Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Women living in income-segregated areas are less likely to receive adequate breast cancer care and access community resources, which may heighten breast cancer mortality risk.

Objective

To investigate the association between income segregation and breast cancer mortality and whether this association is attenuated by receipt of the Bolsa Família program (BFP), the world's largest conditional cash-transfer program.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study was conducted using data from the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort, which were linked with nationwide mortality registries (2004-2015). Data were analyzed from December 2021 to June 2023. Study participants were women aged 18 to 100 years.

Exposure

Women's income segregation (high, medium, or l

SUBMITTER: Guimaraes JMN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10811554 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature