Design, Methods, and Select Baseline Results from a School Nutrition Project for Adolescents in Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The School Nutrition for Adolescents Project (SNAP) provided weekly iron and folic acid (WIFA) supplementation and menstrual hygiene management (MHM) support for girls; actions to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices; and behavior change interventions to adolescents aged 10-19 y in 65 intervention schools in 2 districts of Bangladesh.

Objectives

We aimed to describe the project design and select baseline results of students and school project implementers.

Methods

Girls (n = 2244) and boys (n = 773) in 74 schools (clusters) and project implementers [headteachers (n = 74), teachers (n = 96), and student leaders (n = 91)] participated in a survey assessing nutrition, MHM, and WASH knowledge and experience. Hemoglobin, inflammation-adjusted

SUBMITTER: Demuyakor ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10257226 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature