Conditional cash transfer programme: Impact on homicide rates and hospitalisations from violence in Brazil

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Centro de Integração de Dados e Conhecimento para a Saúde. Salvador, BA, Brasil / London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Centre for Global Mental Health. London, WC, United Kingdom.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.London, United Kingdom.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Centro de Integração de Dados e Conhecimento para a Saúde. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Centro de Integração de Dados e Conhecimento para a Saúde. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
King’s College London. London, United Kingdom.

Abstract

Homicide kills more people than war globally and is associated with income inequality. In Brazil, one of the most unequal countries of the world, the homicide rate is four times higher than the world average. Establishing if the Brazilian conditional cash transfer programme [Bolsa Familia Programme (BFP)], the largest in the world, is associated with a reduction in the rate of homicide is relevant for violence prevention programs. We aimed to assess the effect of BFP coverage on homicide and hospitalization rates from violence.

Keywords in Portuguese

Homicídio
Violência
População de baixa renda
Hospitalização
Humanos
Brasil
Desigualdades socioeconômicas

Keywords

Homicide
Violence
Poverty
Hospitalization
Humans
Brazil
Socioeconomic inequalities

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Public Library of Science

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MACHADO, D. B. et al. Conditional cash transfer programme: Impact on homicide rates and hospitalisations from violence in Brazil. PloS One, v. 13, n. 12, p. 1-13, 2018.

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10.1371/journal.pone.0208925

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1932-6203

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/31443

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