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BACKGROUND: It is unclear what effects a conditional cash transfer (CCT) program would have on child anthropometry, language development, or school achievement in the context of the nutrition transition experienced by many low- and middle-income countries. OBJECTIVE: We estimated the association of participation in Peru's Juntos CCT with anthropometry, language development, and school achievement among children aged 7-8 y. METHODS: We used data from the Young Lives Study of a cohort born between 2001 and 2002. We estimated associations of the Juntos program with height-for-age z score (HAZ), body mass index-for-age z score (BAZ), stunting, and overweight at age 7-8 y separately for children participating in the program for ≥2 y (n = 169) and children participating for <2 y (n = 188). We then estimated associations with receptive vocabulary and grade achievement among children who had been assessed at age 4-6 y before enrollment in Juntos (n = 243). We identified control subjects using propensity score matching and conducted difference-in-differences comparisons. RESULTS: Juntos participation was associated with increases in HAZ among boys participating for ≥2 y [average effect of treatment among the treated (ATT): 0.43; 95% CI: 0.09, 0.77; P = 0.01] and for boys participating for <2 y (ATT: 0.52; 95% CI: 0.23, 0.80; P < 0.01). Among girls participating in the program for ≥2 y, BAZ declined (ATT: -0.60; 95% CI: -1.00, -0.21; P < 0.01) as did the prevalence of overweight (ATT: -22.0 percentage points; 95% CI: -42.5, -2.7 percentage points; P = 0.03). We observed no significant associations of Juntos participation with receptive vocabulary or grade attainment. CONCLUSIONS: CCT program participation in Peru was associated with better linear growth among boys and decreased BAZ among girls, highlighting that a large-scale poverty-alleviation intervention may influence anthropometric outcomes in the context of the nutrition transition.
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Desenvolvimento Infantil , Fenômenos Fisiológicos da Nutrição Infantil , Dieta , Sobrepeso/prevenção & controle , Pobreza/prevenção & controle , Assistência Pública , Índice de Massa Corporal , Criança , Estudos de Coortes , Dieta/efeitos adversos , Dieta/economia , Escolaridade , Feminino , Seguimentos , Implementação de Plano de Saúde , Humanos , Desenvolvimento da Linguagem , Masculino , Sobrepeso/economia , Sobrepeso/epidemiologia , Sobrepeso/etiologia , Peru/epidemiologia , Prevalência , Fatores SexuaisRESUMO
Contiene: Visión global, pobreza y desarrollo social; La pobreza vista desde distintos ángulos; Movilidad social y oportunidad demográfica: Perú: 1994-1997; Ajuste económico, desigualdad y movilidad; La educación y la probabilidad de ser pobre en el Perú de hoy; Los retornos a la educación y a la experiencia en el Perú 1985-97; La demanda por servicios de salud de la mujer rural en el Perú; El aseguramiento público en salud: factores que intervienen en la elección de proveedor; La mujer peruana y la brecha salarial; Determinantes de las decisiones de trabajo en tareas no agropecuarias dentro de la finca en el Perú
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Economia/estatística & dados numéricos , Pobreza , Condições Sociais , Condições Sociais/estatística & dados numéricos , PeruRESUMO
Contiene: La medición de los niveles de vida por las encuestas de tipo "LSMS": el contexto internacional; Pobreza y empleo en el Perú. Los aportes de las ENNIV 1985-94; Distribución; Pobreza; Servicios sociales