Cash transfers (CTs) are now high on the agenda of most governments in low-and middle-
income countries. Within the field of health promotion, CTs constitute a healthy public policy …

Implications for public health research of models and theories of disability : a scoping study
and evidence synthesis Page 1 This is a repository copy of Implications for public health …

Evidence increasingly shows that changes to social security policies can affect population
mental health. Thus, in the context of rising burden of mental illness, it is of major importance …

Background Unconditional cash transfers (UCTs; provided without obligation) for reducing
poverty and vulnerabilities (eg orphanhood, old age, or HIV infection) are a social protection …

There is growing recognition in the fields of public health and mental health services
research that the provision of clinical services to individuals is not a viable approach to …

Financial resources are known to affect health outcomes. Many types of social policies and
programs, including social assistance and social insurance, have been implemented around …

Background The social determinants of health have been widely recognised yet there
remains a lack of clarity regarding what constitute the macro-economic determinants of …

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of state-level Earned Income Tax
Credit (EITC) laws in the US on maternal health behaviors and infant health outcomes …

Background Socioeconomic disadvantage is a fundamental cause of morbidity and
mortality. One of the most important ways that governments buffer the adverse …

Although adverse socioeconomic conditions are correlated with worse child health and
development, the effects of poverty-alleviation policies are less understood. We examined …