A5090864063- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Regional Development and Innovation
- Economic and Social Development
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Public Policy and Governance
- Global Health Care Issues
- Latin American Urban Studies
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Local Government Finance and Decentralization
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Gender, Security, and Conflict
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
Universidad de Los Andes
2021-2024
Universidad de Los Andes
2023
University of the Andes
2020
University of Essex
2015
Institute for Social and Economic Research
2015
Social protection measures can play an important part in securing livelihoods and mitigating short-term long-term economic, social, mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, cash transfer programmes are currently being adapted or expanded various low-income middle-income countries to support individuals families during We argue that current crisis offers opportunity for these focus on susceptible young people (aged 15-24 years), including those with conditions. Young...
Two commonly used metrics for assessing progress toward universal health coverage involve citizens’ rights to care and counting the number of people who are in a financial protection scheme that safeguards them from high payments. On these most countries Latin America have already “reached” coverage. Neither metric indicates, however, whether country has achieved now accepted sense term: everyone—irrespective their ability pay—gets services they need without suffering undue hardship. We...
Whereas monetary poverty is associated with increased risk of depressive symptoms in young people, increasingly understood as a multidimensional problem. However, it yet to be how the associations between different dimensions and youth mental health differ across countries. We examine relationship multidimensional, well income poverty, people (age 11–25 years) three middle-income Based on harmonised data from surveys Colombia, Mexico South Africa (N=16 173) we constructed index that...
Poverty and poor mental health are closely related may need to be addressed together improve the life chances of young people. There is currently little evidence about impact poverty-reduction interventions, such as cash transfer programmes, on improved youth chances. The aim study (CHANCES-6) understand mechanisms programmes.CHANCES-6 will employ a combination quantitative, qualitative economic analyses. Secondary analyses longitudinal datasets conducted in six low- middle-income countries...
Abstract Poverty is associated with poorer mental health in early adulthood. Cash transfers (CTs) have been shown to improve child and education outcomes, but it unclear whether these effects may translate into better outcomes as children reach young Using a quasi-experimental approach that exploits variation across countries the timing of national CT programme introduction, we examine longer exposure CTs during childhood (0–17 years) reduces depressive symptoms adulthood (18–30 years)....