ArticlePublic health nutrition2022
Impact of school meals on educational outcomes in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Article in Public health nutrition, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Impacts of Global School Feeding Programmes on Children's Health and Wellbeing Outcomes: A Scoping Review.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Adolescent and Parental Perspectives of Food Insecurity at Home and at School Among Adolescents Attending Junior High Schools in Cape Coast, Ghana.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Article
- School feeding in Ethiopia: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Effect of school feeding program on dietary folate intake among school adolescent girls in Sidama region, southern Ethiopia.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study evaluated the impact of the Addis Ababa School Feeding Program (SFP) on educational outcomes.
designSingle-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.
settingSchool Feeding Programs in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
participantsSchoolchildren in primary schools and school directors and teachers in fifteen randomly selected schools for Key Informant Interview (KII).
resultsAnthropometric measurements of 4500 schoolchildren were taken from 50 schools. Academic scores of 3924 schoolchildren from 46 schools, class attendance records of 1584 schoolchildren from 18 schools and annual enrolment records of 50 schools were gathered. School meals achieved a minimum to large scale effects on educational outcomes with effect sizes (
conclusionThe Addis Ababa SFP has positively contributed to educational outcomes. Strengthening the program would enhance nutritional outcomes and diminish educational inequalities.
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