Evaluation of alternative school feeding models on nutrition, education, agriculture and other social outcomes in Ghana: Rationale, randomised design and baseline data

Trials

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Gelli, Aulo ^a   Masset, Edoardo ^b   Folson, Gloria ^c   Kusi, Anthoni ^d   Arhinful, Daniel K ^c   Asante, Felix ^d   Ayi, Irene ^c   Bosompem, Kwabena M ^c   Watkins, Kristie ^e   Abdul Rahman, Lutuf ^e   Agble, Rosanna ^e   Ananse Baden, Getrude ^e   Mumuni, Daniel ^e   Aurino, Elisabetta ^e   Fernandes, Meena ^e   Drake, Lesley ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Education; Impact evaluation; Nutrition; School feeding

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GHANA; GOVERNMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LIVESTOCK; MODEL; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTRATION; SCALE UP; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD NUTRITION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL;

TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION; FOOD SERVICES; GHANA; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84955326778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-1116-0     Document Type: Article

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