Effects of integrated psychosocial stimulation (PS) and Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) on Children's development in rural Bangladesh: A cluster randomized controlled trial

Sheikh Jamal Hossain, Bharaty Rani Roy, Hasan Mahmud Sujon, Thach Tran, Jane Fisher, Fahmida Tofail, Shams El Arifeen and Jena Derakhshani Hamadani

Social Science & Medicine, 2022, vol. 293, issue C

Abstract: There is evidence on benefits of psychosocial stimulation (PS) and cash transfer programmes in low- and middle-income countries on children's development. We integrated PS into an unconditional cash transfer (UCT) programme for poor Bangladeshi mothers to examine the effects on children's development.

Keywords: Bangladesh; Child development; Cognitive; Psycho social stimulation; Maternal self esteem; Unconditional cash (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114657

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