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SynthesisBMJ global health2021

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.

Annie Zimmerman, Emily Garman, Mauricio Avendano-Pabon, Ricardo Araya, Sara Evans-Lacko, David McDaid, A-La Park, Philipp Hessel, Yadira Diaz, Alicia Matijasevich and 4 more

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Synthesis in BMJ global health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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67citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 143 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Annie ZimmermanHealth Service & Population Research Department, King's College London Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK annie.zimmerman@kcl.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-4692-536X
Emily GarmanAlan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Mauricio Avendano-PabonGlobal Health and Social Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
Ricardo ArayaHealth Service & Population Research Department, King's College London Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK.
Sara Evans-LackoCare Policy and Evaluation Centre, Department of Health Policy, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
David McDaidCare Policy and Evaluation Centre, Department of Health Policy, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
A-La ParkCare Policy and Evaluation Centre, Department of Health Policy, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
Philipp HesselEscuela de Gobierno Alberto Lleras Camargo, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia.
Yadira DiazEscuela de Gobierno Alberto Lleras Camargo, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia.
Alicia MatijasevichFaculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Carola ZieboldFaculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Annette BauerCare Policy and Evaluation Centre, Department of Health Policy, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
Cristiane Silvestre PaulaPrograma de Pós-graduação em Distúrbios do Desenvolvimento, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Crick LundHealth Service & Population Research Department, King's College London Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK.
London School of Economics and Political Science · GBHospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo · BRKing's College London · GBUniversidad de Los Andes · COUniversity of Cape Town · ZAHarvard University · USUniversidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAlthough cash transfer programmes are not explicitly designed to improve mental health, by reducing poverty and improving the life chances of children and young people, they may also improve their mental health. This systematic review and meta-analysis assessed the evidence on the effectiveness of cash transfers to improve the mental health of children and young people in low-income and middle-income countries.

methodsWe searched Pubmed, EBSCOhost, Scientific Electronic Library Online, ISI Web of Science and Social Sciences Citation Index and grey literature (from January 2000 to July 2020) for studies which quantitatively assessed the impact of cash transfers on mental health in young people (aged 0-24 years), using a design that incorporated a control group. We extracted Cohen's d effects size and used a random-effects model for the meta-analysis on studies that measured depressive symptoms, I

resultsWe identified 12 116 articles for screening, of which 12 were included in the systematic review (covering 13 interventions) and seven in the meta-analysis assessing impact on depressive symptoms specifically. There was high heterogeneity (I

conclusionCash transfers may have positive effects on some mental health outcomes for young people, with no negative effects identified. However, there is high heterogeneity across studies, with some interventions showing no effects. Our review highlights how the effect of cash transfers may vary by social and economic context, culture, design, conditionality and mental health outcome.

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Mental HealthPovertyAdolescentChildDeveloping CountriesHumansIncomechild healthhealth economicshealth policymental health & psychiatrysystematic review

Identifiers

PMID33906845
PMCPMC8088245
OpenAlexW3155843929

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