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10-year effect of Oportunidades, Mexico's conditional cash transfer programme, on child growth, cognition, language, and behaviour: a longitudinal follow-up study

scientific article published in December 2009

Adaptation and Integration of Psychosocial Stimulation, Maternal Mental Health and Nutritional Interventions for Pregnant and Lactating Women in Rural Bangladesh

scientific article published on 27 August 2020

Anxiety symptoms in rural Mexican adolescents: a social-ecological analysis

scientific article published on 2 December 2008

Association between Malaria Infection and Early Childhood Development Mediated by Anemia in Rural Kenya

scientific article published on 02 February 2020

Birth size and accelerated growth during infancy are associated with increased odds of childhood overweight in Mexican children.

scientific article published on December 2007

Cash component of conditional cash transfer program is associated with higher body mass index and blood pressure in adults.

scientific article

Cash transfers and domestic violence

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Characteristics of Pica Behavior among Mothers around Lake Victoria, Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study

scientific article published on 14 July 2019

Cluster-randomised controlled trials of individual and combined water, sanitation, hygiene and nutritional interventions in rural Bangladesh and Kenya: the WASH Benefits study design and rationale

scientific article published on 30 August 2013

Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations between Household Food Security and Child Anthropometry at Ages 5 and 8 Years in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam

scientific article published on 17 June 2015

Depressive symptoms in low-income women in rural Mexico

scientific article

Dietary associations of household food insecurity among children of Mexican descent: results of a binational study

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Disparities in children’s vocabulary and height in relation to household wealth and parental schooling: A longitudinal study in four low- and middle-income countries

scientific article

Does educational attainment modify the causal relationship between adiposity and cardiovascular disease? A Mendelian randomization study

scientific article published in 2023

Does household access to improved water and sanitation in infancy and childhood predict better vocabulary test performance in Ethiopian, Indian, Peruvian and Vietnamese cohort studies?

scientific article

Early childhood development coming of age: science through the life course

scientific article published on 4 October 2016

Early life growth trajectories and future risk for overweight.

scientific article published on 4 February 2013

Effect of water quality, sanitation, hand washing, and nutritional interventions on child development in rural Bangladesh (WASH Benefits Bangladesh): a cluster-randomised controlled trial

scholarly article published April 2018

Effects of a Parenting Program Among Women Who Began Childbearing as Adolescents and Young Adults

scientific article published on 21 August 2017

Effects of integrated child development and nutrition interventions on child development and nutritional status.

scientific article

Effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on diarrhoea and child growth in rural Bangladesh: a cluster randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on 29 January 2018

Effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on diarrhoea and child growth in rural Kenya: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 29 January 2018

Effects of water, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on telomere length among children in a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh

scientific article published on 5 October 2017

Estimating the potential impacts of intervention from observational data: methods for estimating causal attributable risk in a cross-sectional analysis of depressive symptoms in Latin America.

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Factors associated with overweight and obesity among children of Mexican descent: results of a binational study

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Female sex workers use power over their day-to-day lives to meet the condition of a conditional cash transfer intervention to incentivize safe sex.

scientific article published on 14 March 2017

Health education for microcredit clients in Peru: a randomized controlled trial.

scientific article

High prevalence of obesity among the poor in Mexico

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Human health alters the sustainability of fishing practices in East Africa

scientific article published on 04 April 2017

Impact of a private sector living wage intervention on depressive symptoms among apparel workers in the Dominican Republic: a quasi-experimental study.

scientific article

Linear Growth through 12 Years is Weakly but Consistently Associated with Language and Math Achievement Scores at Age 12 Years in 4 Low- or Middle-Income Countries

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplementation Reduces Child Anemia and Increases Micronutrient Status in Madagascar: A Multiarm Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 31 January 2020

Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Child Behavior among Mexican Women and Their Children

scientific article published on 18 December 2017

Maternal depressive symptoms and physical activity in very low-income children.

scientific article published on October 2008

Maternal perceptions of early childhood ideal body weight differ among Mexican-origin mothers residing in Mexico compared to California.

scientific article

Microcredit participation and child health: results from a cross-sectional study in Peru

scientific article published in September 2014

Microcredit participation and nutrition outcomes among women in Peru

scientific article published on 4 November 2010

Microcredit participation and women's health: results from a cross-sectional study in Peru.

scientific article

Mothers' labor market choices and child development outcomes in Chile

scientific article published on 18 September 2017

Multilingual assessment of early child development: Analyses from repeated observations of children in Kenya

scientific article published on 28 July 2019

Nurturing care: promoting early childhood development.

scientific article published on 4 October 2016

Objective and subjective social class gradients for substance use among Mexican adolescents.

scientific article

Overweight and obesity doubled over a 6-year period in young women living in poverty in Mexico.

scientific article

Overweight with concurrent stunting in very young children from rural Mexico: prevalence and associated factors

scientific article published on 29 November 2006

Parallel deficits in linear growth and mental development in low-income Mexican infants in the second year of life.

scientific article

Participation in the Juntos Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Peru Is Associated with Changes in Child Anthropometric Status but Not Language Development or School Achievement

scientific article

Perception of body weight: a critical factor in understanding obesity in middle-income countries

scientific article published in August 2009

Perceptions of social mobility: development of a new psychosocial indicator associated with adolescent risk behaviors

scientific article

Pica during pregnancy among Mexican-born women: a formative study.

scientific article

Pica is prevalent and strongly associated with iron deficiency among Hispanic pregnant women living in the United States

scientific article published on 29 August 2017

Poverty-alleviation program participation and salivary cortisol in very low-income children.

scientific article published on 04 May 2009

Promise, and risks, of conditional cash transfer programmes.

scientific article published on 15 May 2013

Promoting child development through group-based parent support within a cash transfer program: Experimental effects on children's outcomes

scientific article published on 17 October 2016

Reliability and Factor Structure of Scores for Mexican Children on a Spanish Translation of the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence

scientific article published in 2011

Role of cash in conditional cash transfer programmes for child health, growth, and development: an analysis of Mexico's Oportunidades

scientific article

Salivary cortisol and heart rate in stunted and nonstunted Nepalese school children.

scientific article published on November 2003

Sanitation in Rural India: Exploring the Associations between Dwelling Space and Household Latrine Ownership

scientific article published on 28 February 2019

Social and economic correlates of depressive symptoms and perceived stress in South African adults.

scientific article published in June 2008

Socioeconomic gradients and child development in a very low income population: evidence from Madagascar ⬇️

scientific article published on March 24, 2011

Socioeconomic gradients in child development in very young children: evidence from India, Indonesia, Peru, and Senegal

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Socioeconomic status and trajectory of overweight from birth to mid-childhood: the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort.

scientific article

Stimulating Parenting Practices in Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Mexican Communities.

scientific article published on 25 December 2017

Strategies for reducing inequalities and improving developmental outcomes for young children in low-income and middle-income countries

scientific article published on 22 September 2011

Stunting in Infancy Is Associated with Decreased Risk of High Body Mass Index for Age at 8 and 12 Years of Age.

scientific article published on 28 September 2016

The Nexus Between Nutrition and Early Childhood Development.

scientific article published on 31 May 2017

The association between a living wage and subjective social status and self-rated health: a quasi-experimental study in the Dominican Republic.

scientific article published on 28 September 2014

The experience of adolescent motherhood: An exploratory mixed methods study

scientific article published on 5 May 2017

Weight Status and Behavioral Problems among Very Young Children in Chile

scientific article

Weight perceptions among overweight and obese women: a US-Mexico binational perspective.

scientific article published on 30 June 2011

Weight status of Mexican immigrant women: a comparison with women in Mexico and with US-born Mexican American women

scientific article published on 18 July 2013

Women's Relationship Power Modifies the Effect of a Randomized Conditional Cash Transfer Intervention for Safer Sex in Tanzania

scientific article

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