Impact of school meals on educational outcomes in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study evaluated the impact of the Addis Ababa School Feeding Program (SFP) on educational outcomes.

Design

Single-group repeated measurement/longitudinal study design and multistage stratified sampling design were followed. Effect sizes estimates, repeated measures ANOVA, Chi-square, Generalised Additive Mixed Model and mixed effects negative binomial regression were used. Academic scores, attendance and dropout and height and weight of schoolchildren were collected.

Setting

School Feeding Programs in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Participants

Schoolchildren in primary schools and school directors and teachers in fifteen randomly selected schools for Key Informant Interview (KII).

Results

Anthropometric measurements of 4500 schoolchildren were ta

SUBMITTER: Destaw Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991771 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature