Association of Conditional Cash Transfers With Maternal Mortality Using the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) have been consistently associated with improvements to the determinants of maternal health, but there have been insufficient investigations regarding their effects on maternal mortality.

Objective

To evaluate the association between being a Bolsa Família program (BFP) beneficiary and maternal mortality and to examine how this association differs by duration of BFP receipt, maternal race, living in rural or urban areas, the Municipal Human Development Index (MHDI), and municipal primary health care coverage.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional analysis was nested within the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort. Girls and women aged 10 to 49 years (hereinafter referred to as women) who had at least 1 live birth wer

SUBMITTER: Alves FJO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9951038 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature