Evaluating the effect of Bolsa Familia, Brazil's conditional cash transfer programme, on maternal and child health: A study protocol.

Ila Rocha FalcãoRita de Cássia Ribeiro-SilvaFlávia Jôse Oliveira AlvesNaiá OrtelanNatanael J SilvaRosemeire L FiacconeMarcia Furquim de AlmeidaJúlia M PescariniCinthia Soares LisboaElzo Pereira Pinto JúniorEnny S PaixaoAndrea J F FerreiraCamila Silveira Silva TeixeiraAline Dos Santos RochaSrinivasa Vittal KatikireddiM Sanni AliRuth DundasAlastair LeylandLaura C RodriguesMaria Yury Travassos Ichihara Maurício Lima Barreto

Published in: PloS one (2022)

Harnessing a large linked administrative cohort allows us to assess the effect of the BFP on maternal and child health, while considering a wide range of explanatory and confounding variables.

Keyphrases

study protocol
birth weight
randomized controlled trial
pregnancy outcomes
clinical trial
gestational age
open label
double blind
body mass index
deep learning