Abstract
Introduction: To compare the Brazilian conditional cash transfer program, the “Bolsa Família” with the similar programs found in Latin America regarding its effects in the children’s growth and development. Methods: The systematic review contemplated the Scopus, Embase, Pubmed, Scielo and Lilacs data bases. The inclusion criteria were epidemiological quantitative, observational, descriptive and analytical studies that had as target public children contemplated by the income transfer program with health conditionalities in Latin America. Narrative reviews related to the research theme were excluded as well as systematic reviews with or without meta-analysis related to the research theme. Results: The titles and abridgements review from 1007 articles resulted in the selection of 17 complete studies. After the quality analysis of these, as well as the application of the inclusion criteria, 10 articles were included in this review. Among the types of epidemiologic studies selected to compose this systematic review, 3 are cohort analytical studies. Conclusion: Studies carried out in Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador and Nicaragua were selected and indicated the positive effects that the conditional income transfer brought to the anthropometric index from beneficiary children in the researched countries.
Highlights
To compare the Brazilian conditional cash transfer program, the “Bolsa Família” with the similar programs found in Latin America regarding its effects in the children’s growth and development
The results suggest that the conditional cash transfer programs are effective in the increasing of the use of primary attention to health services and, at times, in the improvement of its target public health
This review study objective is to compare the Brazilian conditional cash transfer program, the “Bolsa Família” with the other similar programs found in Latin America as to its effects in the children growing and development
Summary
To compare the Brazilian conditional cash transfer program, the “Bolsa Família” with the similar programs found in Latin America regarding its effects in the children’s growth and development. As a consequence of the spreading of these conditional cash transfer programs, common to several developing countries in different parts of the world, with a special highlight to Latin America, and in it Brazil, there is great international interest in getting to know the different effects of this policy, health effects inclusive. In this field, Lagarde, Haines and Palmer [4] made an important systematic review approaching the effects of conditional cash transfer in the improvement of the beneficiaries health, in developing countries, including Latin America. The results suggest that the conditional cash transfer programs are effective in the increasing of the use of primary attention to health services and, at times, in the improvement of its target public health
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