Unconditional cash transfers for assistance in humanitarian disasters: Effect on use of health services and health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Pega, Frank ^a   Liu, Sze Yan ^b   Walter, Stefan ^c   Lhachimi, Stefan K ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHELMINTHIC THERAPY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEATH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CROP MANAGEMENT; CULTIVATED LAND; DEPRESSION; DISASTER PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD SECURITY; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; GROWING SEASON; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRON THERAPY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MALNUTRITION; MASS DISASTER; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MORTALITY RATE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NATURAL DISASTER; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADULT; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISASTER; DROUGHT; ECONOMICS; GIFT GIVING; HEALTH SERVICE; NICARAGUA; NIGER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ADULT; CHILD; CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTERS; DROUGHTS; GIFT GIVING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; NICARAGUA; NIGER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84964693751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011247.pub2     Document Type: Review

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