Evaluating the impact of community-based health interventions: evidence from Brazil's Family Health Program

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This paper analyzes the direct and indirect impacts of Brazil's Family Health Program. We estimate the effects of the program on mortality and on household behavior related to child labor and schooling, employment of adults, and fertility. We find consistent effects of the program on reductions in mortality throughout the age distribution, but mainly at earlier ages. Municipalities in the poorest regions of the country benefit particularly from the program. For these regions, implementation of the program is also robustly associated with increased labor supply of adults, reduced fertility, and increased schooling. Evidence suggests that the Family Health Program is a highly cost-effective tool for improving health in poor areas.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4119

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Health Behavior ; Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health ; Demographic Economics: General ; Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Economywide Country Studies: Latin America; Caribbean
• Thema: Family health program ; mortality ; household behavior ; impact evaluation ; Brazil ; Gesundheitspolitik ; Familienpolitik ; Armutspolitik ; Wirkungsanalyse ; Haushaltsökonomik ; Sterblichkeit ; Brasilien

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Rocha, Romero ; Soares, Rodrigo Reis
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (wo): Bonn
• (wann): 2009

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/35635
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-20090513160
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 20.09.2024, 08:23 MESZ