Skip to main content

ETHNOS_APP

Home • Search • Journals • List 0

Income transfer policies and the impacts on the immunization of children

The Bolsa Família Program

Bibliographic Data

ID5176090
AuthorsMônica Viegas Andrade (0000-0002-6821-1598, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Flavia Chein (0000-0003-4002-2522, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil; Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brasil), Laetícia Rodrigues De Souza (0000-0001-7227-2169, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Jaume Puig-Junoy (0000-0003-1695-3108, Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Year2012
Volume28
Issue7
Pages1347-1358
Publication date2012-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0102-311x2012000700013
PMID22729265
OpenAlexW2120683473
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2012000700013
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited10

This paper investigates the impact of the Bolsa Família Program on the immunization of children from 0 to 6 years of age in Brazil and its regions. The Bolsa Família program is a conditional cash transfer program. One of its conditionalities is the compliance of children with the immunization schedule ordered by the Ministry of Health. The evaluation was performed using the Propensity Score Matching technique. We used data from a survey conducted in 2005 evaluating the program - Pesquisa de Avaliação de Impacto do Programa Bolsa Família. The main findings suggest that the Bolsa Família Program does not affect the immunization status of children

Christian ministry · Conditional cash transfer · Immunization · Political science · Poverty · Propensity score matching · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

  • The effects of Bolsa Família on human development

    Raffaele Ciula•Journal of Poverty and Social…•2024

  • Health outcomes of the Bolsa Família program among Brazilian Amazonian children

    Open Access•Katherine J Ford, Bárbara Hatzlhoffer Lourenço et al.•Revista de Saúde Pública•2020

  • Iniquidades em saude bucal

    Open Access•Luisa Jardim Correa De Oliveira, Marcos Britto Correa et al.•Revista de Saúde Pública•2013

  • Bolsa Família program and incomplete childhood vaccination in two Brazilian cohorts

    Open Access•Francelena De Sousa Silva, Rejane Christine De Sousa Queiroz et al.•Revista de Saúde Pública•2020

  • The association of the Bolsa Familia Program with children’s oral health in Brazil

    Open Access•Paola Calvasina, Patricia O’campo et al.•BMC Public Health•2018

  • Impacts of Bolsa Familia Program on multidimensional poverty

    Open Access•Raffaele Ciula•Revista iberoamericana de…•2026

  • Impact of the Bolsa Família program on food availability of low-income Brazilian families

    Open Access•Ana Paula Bortoletto Martins, Carlos Augusto Monteiro•BMC Public Health•2016

  • Does conditioning cash transfers on health treatment harm the health of other families on low incomes who depend on public services? Evidence from Brazil

    Open Access•Marg Csapo•Development Policy Review•2023

  • Interventions addressing routine childhood immunization and its behavioral and social drivers

    Open Access•Shradha S Parsekar, Lalitha Vadrevu et al.•Frontiers in Public Health•2024

  • The impact of cash transfers on Syrian refugee children in Lebanon

    Open Access•Wael Moussa, Nisreen Salti et al.•World Development•2021

  • Financing for equity for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health in low- and middle-income countries

    Open Access•Lama Bou-Karroum, Domenico Gerardo Iaia et al.•PLOS Global Public Health•2024

  • Implementation and effects of social protection programs for children, older adults, and people with disabilities in Brazil and Ecuador

    Open Access•Júlia Moreira Pescarini, Ana L Moncayo et al.•PLOS Global Public Health•2025

  • Implementação de programas multiestratégicos

    Open Access•Rosana Magalhães•Ciência & Saúde Coletiva•2014

  • Effect of a conditional cash transfer programme on infant up-to-date and timely vaccination

    Evelyn Lima de Souza, Vinícius Leati De Rossi Ferreira et al.•Journal of Epidemiology and…•2022

  • Attainments and limitations of an early childhood programme in Colombia

    Open Access•Bladimir Carrillo, Wilman J Iglesias et al.•Health Policy and Planning•2015

  • An impact assessment of the Child Growth, Development and Care Program in the Caribbean Region of Colombia

    Open Access•Alcides De J Padilla, Juan C Trujillo•Cadernos de Saude Publica•2015

  • Incompletude vacinal infantil de vacinas novas e antigas e fatores associados

    Open Access•Francelena De Sousa Silva, Yonna Costa Barbosa et al.•Cadernos de Saude Publica•2018

  • Cobertura e atraso vacinal nas coortes de nascidos em 2019 e 2020

    Open Access•Luciana Martins Rozman, Ana Marli Christovam Sartori et al.•Cadernos de Saude Publica•2025

  • Characterizing Selection Bias Using Experimental Data

    James Heckman, Hidehiko Ichimura et al.•Econometrica•1998

  • Conditional Cash Transfers for Improving Uptake of Health Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    Mylene Lagarde, Anna Haines et al.•JAMA•2007

  • Role of cash in conditional cash transfer programmes for child health, growth, and development

    Open Access•Lia C H Fernald, Lia CH Fernald et al.•The Lancet•2008

  • Do Conditional Cash Transfers Improve Child Health? Evidence from PROGRESA′s Control Randomized Experiment

    Paul Gertler•American Economic Review•2004

  • The central role of the propensity score in observational studies for causal effects

    Paul R Rosenbaum, Donald B Rubin•Biometrika•1983

  • The Rise And Fall Of Brazilian Inequality, 1981-2004

    Phillippe Leite, Phillippe G Leite et al.•2006

  • Cobertura vacinal e fatores de risco associados à não-vacinação em localidade urbana do Nordeste brasileiro, 1994

    Open Access•Antonio Augusto Moura Da Silva, Uilho Antônio Gomes et al.•Revista de Saúde Pública•1999

  • Impacto das ações de imunização pelo Programa Saúde da Família na mortalidade infantil por doenças evitáveis em Olinda, Pernambuco, Brasil

    Open Access•Tânia Maria Rocha Guimarães, João Guilherme Bezerra Alves et al.•Cadernos de Saude Publica•2009

Unique citing works18
Citations per year1,38
Citation span2013 - 2026 (14)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 14

Tools

Open DOISci-HubOpen Access
Ethnos_APP • Open Source Project • MIT License • Frontend v2.0.0 • Privacy and Cookies • API Documentation: api.ethnos.app/docs • API Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17049435 • Frontend Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17050053 • cruz.rio.br • Expectantes Misericordiae