Household-based cash transfer targeting strategies in Zimbabwe: Are we reaching the most vulnerable children?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2503-2508

  Robertson, Laura ^a   Mushati, Phyllis ^b   Eaton, Jeffrey W ^a   Sherr, Lorraine ^c   Makoni, Jeremiah C ^d   Skovdal, Morten ^e   Crea, Tom ^f   Mavise, Gideon ^g   Dumba, Lovemore ^g   Schumacher, Christina ^h   Munyati, Shungu ^b   Nyamukapa, Constance ^a,b   Gregson, Simon ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d DOMCCP ^*  (Zimbabwe)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^g Catholic Relief Services   (Zimbabwe)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cash transfers; Children; HIV AIDS; Social welfare; Sub Saharan Africa; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD WELFARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; POVERTY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TARGETING; WELFARE PROVISION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSET BASED WEALTH INDEX; CHILD; CHRONIC PATIENT; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSEHOLD BASED CASH TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LABOR CONSTRAINED HOUSEHOLD; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORPHANED CHILD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTRATION; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; VACCINATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; CENSUSES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY AREAS; SOCIAL WELFARE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; ZIMBABWE;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84869499346     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.09.031     Document Type: Article

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