Cash Transfers and Their Effect on Maternal and Young Children's Health: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Mothers and children in low-income households are more likely to experience worse mental and physical health than those from higher-income households.

Objective

To determine the effect of 4 years of monthly unconditional cash transfers on the mental health of mothers with low-income and the physical health of mothers and children.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a parallel-group, randomized clinical trial conducted from May 2018 to July 2023. Mother-infant dyads were recruited (May 2018-June 2019) from postpartum wards in 12 hospitals in 4 cities: Omaha, Nebraska; Minneapolis/St Paul, Minnesota; New Orleans, Louisiana; and New York, New York. Data were analyzed from September 2023 to February 2025.

Interventions

Mothers were randomly assig

SUBMITTER: Duncan GJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12171960 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature