Providing Poor Families with Grants If They Send Their Children

question 218

Multiple Choice

Providing poor families with grants if they send their children to school and get proper medical care is known as

• A)microcredit.
• B)in-kind transfers.
• C)unconditional cash transfers.
• D)conditional cash transfers.

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Definitions:

Low Birth Weight

The term used to describe babies weighing 5 pounds, 8 ounces (2,500 grams) or less at birth, whether or not they are premature.

Head Circumference

A measurement that reflects the size of a person's braincase and is often used in pediatric medicine to assess brain growth.

Rooting

A reflex in newborns where they turn their head toward anything that strokes their cheek or mouth, searching for the nipple to begin feeding.

Swallowing

The complex process involving the throat and esophagus by which food or liquid moves from the mouth to the stomach.