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The impact of cash transfers on mental health in children and young people in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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  • Annie Zimmerman Health Service & Population Research Department, King's College London Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UKGlobal Health and Social Medicine, King's College London, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Emily Garman Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mauricio Avendano-Pabon Global Health and Social Medicine, King's College London, London, UKDepartment of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ricardo Araya Health Service & Population Research Department, King's College London Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sara Evans-Lacko Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, Department of Health Policy, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • David McDaid Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, Department of Health Policy, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • A-La Park Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, Department of Health Policy, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Philipp Hessel Escuela de Gobierno Alberto Lleras Camargo, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Yadira Diaz Escuela de Gobierno Alberto Lleras Camargo, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Alicia Matijasevich Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Carola Ziebold Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Annette Bauer Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, Department of Health Policy, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Cristiane Silvestre Paula Programa de Pós-graduação em Distúrbios do Desenvolvimento, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Sao Paulo, Brazil PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Crick Lund Health Service & Population Research Department, King's College London Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UKAlan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Annie Zimmerman; annie.zimmerman{at}kcl.ac.uk
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Zimmerman A, Garman E, Avendano-Pabon M, et al
The impact of cash transfers on mental health in children and young people in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BMJ Global Health 2021;6:e004661.

Publication history

  • Received December 4, 2020
  • Revised February 5, 2021
  • Accepted February 10, 2021
  • First published April 27, 2021.
Online issue publication 
April 10, 2022

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