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Effects of a Large-Scale Unconditional Cash Transfer Program on Mental Health Outcomes of Young People in Kenya

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ID23373277
AuthorsKelly Kilburn (0000-0002-3069-3958, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author), Harsha Thirumurthy (0000-0002-3308-7603), Carolyn T Halpern (0000-0003-4278-5646), Audrey Pettifor (0000-0002-3387-0817), Sara Handa (0000-0003-2948-1891, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Sudhanshu Handa
Year2016
Volume58
Issue2
Pages223-229
Publication date2016-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Adolescent Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1054-139X • E-ISSN: 1879-1972
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.09.023
PMID26576822
OpenAlexW2220683370
LanguageEN
Citations received62
References cited32

Cash · Cash transfers · Conditional cash transfer · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Logistic regression · Mental health · Odds · Poverty · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychosocial · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Finance · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Gerontology

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