Social acceptability and perceived impact of a community-led cash transfer programme in Zimbabwe

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Skovdal, Morten ^a   Mushati, Phyllis ^b   Robertson, Laura ^c   Munyati, Shungu ^b   Sherr, Lorraine ^d   Nyamukapa, Constance ^b,c   Gregson, Simon ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cash transfers; Child health; Community participation HIV AIDS; Incentives; Social protection; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; SEX RATIO; SRI LANKA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POISONING; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SRI LANKA;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876108477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-342     Document Type: Article

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