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Household income supplements in early childhood to reduce inequities in children's development

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  • Goldfeld, Sharon
  • Downes, Marnie
  • Gray, Sarah
  • Pham, Cindy
  • Guo, Shuaijun
  • O'Connor, Elodie
  • Redmond, Gerry
  • Azpitarte, Francisco
  • Badland, Hannah
  • Woolfenden, Sue
  • Williams, Katrina
  • Priest, Naomi
  • O'Connor, Meredith
  • Moreno-Betancur, Margarita

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Early childhood interventions have the potential to reduce children's developmental inequities. We aimed to estimate the extent to which household income supplements for lower-income families in early childhood could close the gap in children's developmental outcomes and parental mental health.

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  • Goldfeld, Sharon & Downes, Marnie & Gray, Sarah & Pham, Cindy & Guo, Shuaijun & O'Connor, Elodie & Redmond, Gerry & Azpitarte, Francisco & Badland, Hannah & Woolfenden, Sue & Williams, Katrina & Pries, 2024. "Household income supplements in early childhood to reduce inequities in children's development," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 340(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:340:y:2024:i:c:s0277953623007876
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116430
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