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Unconditional Cash Transfers and Prenatal Care Utilization in Flint, Michigan

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.38406

October 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This cohort study examines prenatal care utilization before and after implementation of an unconditional cash transfer program in Flint, Michigan, compared with similar cities in Michigan.

Corresponding Author: Mona Hanna, MD, MPH, Michigan State University–Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative, Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, 200 E 1st St, Flint, MI 48502 (hannamon@msu.edu).

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