The impact of cash transfers on social determinants of health and health inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review protocol

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Owusu Addo, Ebenezer ^a,c   Renzaho, Andre M N ^b,c   Mahal, Ajay S ^c,d   Smith, Ben J ^c  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cash transfers; Social determinants of health; Sub Saharan Africa; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE SATISFACTION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH DISPARITY; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; RELIEF WORK; SOCIAL CARE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RELIEF WORK; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84979524790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-016-0295-4     Document Type: Article

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