How do income changes impact on mental health and wellbeing for working-age adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis

RM Thomson, E Igelström, AK Purba… - The Lancet Public …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Lower incomes are associated with poorer mental health and wellbeing, but the
extent to which income has a causal effect is debated. We aimed to synthesise evidence …

Poverty, depression, and anxiety: Causal evidence and mechanisms

M Ridley, G Rao, F Schilbach, V Patel - Science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND Depression and anxiety disorders are together responsible for 8% of years
lived with disability globally. Contrary to widely held preconceptions, these are not diseases …

Unconditional cash transfers for reducing poverty and vulnerabilities: effect on use of health services and health outcomes in low‐and middle‐income countries

F Pega, R Pabayo, C Benny, EY Lee… - Cochrane Database …, 2022 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Unconditional cash transfers (UCTs; provided without obligation) for reducing
poverty and vulnerabilities (eg orphanhood, old age, or HIV infection) are a social protection …

Child marriage and associated outcomes in northern Ghana: a cross-sectional study

R De Groot, MY Kuunyem, T Palermo - BMC public health, 2018 - Springer
Background Child marriage is a human rights violation disproportionately affecting girls in
lower-and middle-income countries and has serious public health implications. In Ghana …

[HTML][HTML] Can unconditional cash transfers raise long-term living standards? Evidence from Zambia

S Handa, L Natali, D Seidenfeld, G Tembo… - Journal of Development …, 2018 - Elsevier
In Africa, state-sponsored cash transfer programs now reach nearly 50 million people. Do
these programs raise long-term living standards? We examine this question using …

Parents in poverty

KA Magnuson, GJ Duncan - Handbook of parenting, 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter reviews the conceptual and empirical linkages between poverty and parenting,
focuses on the economic dimension of poverty at the family rather than the neighborhood …

Financial insecurity During the COVID-19 pandemic: Spillover effects on burnout–disengagement relationships and performance of employees who moonlight

RM Rasdi, Z Zaremohzzabieh, S Ahrari - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has magnified the issue of financial insecurity.
However, its effect on individual-organizational relations and, consequently, on …

[HTML][HTML] Food insecurity is associated with anxiety, stress, and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in a cohort of women with or at risk of HIV in the United States

HJ Whittle, LA Sheira, WR Wolfe, EA Frongillo… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Food insecurity, which disproportionately affects marginalized women in the
United States, is associated with depressive symptoms. Few studies have examined …

Does mobile money contribute to reducing multidimensional poverty?

DM Djahini-Afawoubo, MK Couchoro… - … Forecasting and Social …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper aims to analyse the effect of mobile money on multidimensional poverty
reduction. To that end, the Alkire and Foster (2011) approach was used to compute the …

Do cash transfers alleviate common mental disorders in low-and middle-income countries? A systematic review and meta-analysis

C Wollburg, JI Steinert, A Reeves, E Nye - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
A large literature has demonstrated the link between poverty and mental ill-health. Yet, the
potential causal effects of poverty alleviation measures on mental disorders are not well …