Brazil's Bolsa Familia conditional cash transfer and child malnutrition: a nationwide birth cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Poverty amplifies the risk of malnutrition, which is particularly harmful to children as it can perpetuate a cycle of poverty and poor health. This study aims to assess the association of a conditional cash transfer programme (Bolsa Família Program (BFP)) with child nutrition nationwide in Brazil.

Methods

We used the Centre for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health Birth Cohort (baseline data from the National Registry for Social Programmes (CadÚnico) linked with live births and nutrition registries) to conduct a longitudinal population-based study between 2008 and 2015. This cohort study followed children from birth until 5 years old between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2015. Children exposed were those who received the BFP benefit at any time duri

SUBMITTER: Falcao IR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12278147 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature