Pathways to suicide prevention: a population-based cohort study of the mediating role of Bolsa Familia in psychosocial stressors in the 100 million Brazilian cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Suicide is a major public health concern in Brazil, and its risk is heightened by psychosocial stressors disproportionately affecting socioeconomically vulnerable groups. This study aimed to investigate how the cash transfer Bolsa Família Programme (BFP) mediates the relationship between psychosocial stressors and suicide risk among low-income individuals in Brazil.

Methods

We analysed data from the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort (2008-2015), which includes individuals registered in the Cadastro Único (national registry of low-income families) linked to hospitalisation and mortality records through deterministic and probabilistic methods. Psychosocial stressors were defined as: (1) violence (hospitalisation for interpersonal violence); (2) impulsivity (unintention

SUBMITTER: de Macedo PFC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12684161 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature