Nutritional quality and diversity in Ghana's school feeding programme: a mixed-methods exploration through caterer interviews in the Greater Accra Region.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) provides public primary school pupils with a free daily meal. Each meal is expected to follow set menus, providing 30% of children's' (6-12 years) energy requirements. This study assessed the nutritional quality and diversity of planned and provided GSFP meals, engaging school caterers to identify how meal quality in the Greater Accra Region could be enhanced.

Methods

A cross-sectional mixed methods study design was used. Multistage sampling was used to select 129 schools implementing the GSFP in six districts of the Greater Accra Region. GSFP district menus were collected as well as a one-week school caterer recall of provided school meals. The meal served on the day of data collection was recorded and photographed. Nutri

SUBMITTER: Liguori J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11437908 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature