School food, politics and child health

Bundy, Donald; Drake, Lesley; Burbano, Carmen

doi:10.1017/s1368980012004661

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“…87 These programmes, however, are implemented in nearly every country in the world. 88 Results from a meta-analysis show that school feeding programmes have small eff ects on school-age children's anthropometry, particularly in low-income settings. 89 Major eff ects on height are not expected in school-age children and weight gains can be either positive (in under weight populations) or negative (when risks of obesity are high).…”

Section: School Feeding Programmesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nutrition-sensitive interventions and programmes: how can they help to accelerate progress in improving maternal and child nutrition?

Ruel¹,

Alderman²

2013

The Lancet

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Section: School Feeding Programmesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nutrition-sensitive interventions and programmes: how can they help to accelerate progress in improving maternal and child nutrition?

Ruel¹,

Alderman²

2013

The Lancet

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“…For instance, impact on school enrolment and attendance has been conclusive [7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. However, dietary quality of school meals [14,15,16], nutritional status [8,17,18,19] and academic achievement [20,21,22] of school-aged children receiving school meals compared to non-school-fed children have been inconclusive.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These include monitoring and evidence-based impact evaluation of focal areas of school feeding programmes [8,33], integration with other programmes, improving intersectoral decision making [15], and clear policy direction on the implementation process [13]. In Ghana, evaluation of the SPF has focused mostly on impact on enrolment and attendance.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nutritional Status of Pupils Attending Public Schools with and without School Feeding Programme in Hohoe Municipality, Ghana

Agbozo¹,

Atitto²,

Abubakari³

2017

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At-school lunch provision through the Ghana school-feeding programme (GSFP) is a child survival, health promotion and food security intervention implemented in selected schools in all 216 districts nationwide with the nutrition objective of reducing short-term hunger and malnutrition. The study assessed the impact of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) on the nutritional status of participants. School-based cross-sectional survey using multi-stage sampling to select 417 pupils aged 3-12 years enrolled in 14 public basic schools with (n=133) and without (n=304) school feeding programme in the seven sub-districts of the Hohoe municipality, Ghana. Data was collected between January-April 2015 through face-to-face interviews using a semi-structured questionnaire with assistance from teachers/guardians. Weight, height and mid upper-arm circumference were measured and used to generate underweight, stunting, thinness and obesity using WHO Antroplus and STATA 12.1. Mutually-adjusted simple and multinomial logistic regressions were done to determine association between the explanatory and dependent variables. Overall, 15.6% underweight, 9.8% stunting, 4.3% thinness and 5.5% overweight prevalence were observed. Between beneficiary and non-beneficiary pupils, there were no statistically significant differences in underweight (12.4% vs. 16.8%), stunting (13.3% vs. 8.6%), thinness (1.8% vs. 5.3%) and overweight (3.5% vs. 5.6%) respectively. Most of the explanatory variables including provision of schools meals were not significantly associated with the nutritional status indicators. Pupils in lower primary had increase odds for underweight (AOR; 3.0, 95% CI; 1.4-6.6, p=0.006) while those residing in rural areas were five folds more likely to be stunted (AOR; 5.3, 95%CI; 1.3-21.6, p=0.021). Prevalence of malnutrition was lower among beneficiaries but there were no statistical significant differences in anthropometry between schools with and without feeding programme. Findings suggest that the school feeding programme could marginally improve nutritional status of beneficiaries.

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“…On any given day, students present at the study schools therefore received a nutritious snack of fortified bread. Such programs offer strong incentives for students to attend school [28]. Infected children who might otherwise stay home because of STH-related illness episodes might therefore attend school to benefit from the lunch program.…”

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confidence: 99%

Effects of a Post-Deworming Health Hygiene Education Intervention on Absenteeism in School-Age Children of the Peruvian Amazon

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Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are a leading cause of disability and disease burden in school-age children of worm-endemic regions. Their effect on school absenteeism, however, remains unclear. The World Health Organization currently recommends delivering mass deworming and health hygiene education through school-based programs, in an effort to control STH-related morbidity. In this cluster-RCT, the impact of a health hygiene education intervention on absenteeism was measured. From April to June 2010, all Grade 5 students at 18 schools in a worm-endemic region of the Peruvian Amazon were dewormed. Immediately following deworming, nine schools were randomly assigned to the intervention arm of the trial using a matched-pair design. The Grade 5 students attending intervention schools (N = 517) received four months of health hygiene education aimed at increasing knowledge of STH prevention. Grade 5 students from the other nine schools (N = 571) served as controls. Absenteeism was measured daily through teachers' attendance logs. After four months of follow-up, overall absenteeism rates at intervention and control schools were not statistically significantly different. However, post-trial non-randomized analyses have shown that students with moderate-to-heavy Ascaris infections and light hookworm infections four months after deworming had, respectively, missed 2.4% (95% CI: 0.1%, 4.7%) and 4.6% (95% CI: 1.9%, 7.4%) more schooldays during the follow-up period than their uninfected counterparts. These results provide empirical evidence of a direct effect of STH infections on absenteeism in school-age children.

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School food, politics and child health

Cited by 33 publications

References 17 publications

Nutrition-sensitive interventions and programmes: how can they help to accelerate progress in improving maternal and child nutrition?

Nutrition-sensitive interventions and programmes: how can they help to accelerate progress in improving maternal and child nutrition?

Nutritional Status of Pupils Attending Public Schools with and without School Feeding Programme in Hohoe Municipality, Ghana

Effects of a Post-Deworming Health Hygiene Education Intervention on Absenteeism in School-Age Children of the Peruvian Amazon

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