Targeting School Feeding Programs at Vulnerable Sub-Groups
NCT ID: NCT01261182
Last Updated: 2010-12-16
Study Results
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
2083 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
Brief Summary
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This study is a cluster-randomized evaluation of a school feeding program administered by the World Food Programme in the Northern Ugandan Districts of Lira and Pader. The program provides substantially larger food rations than most programs (representing 1/3 of children's daily caloric needs and 99% of iron intake requirements).
The key research objectives are:
1. Impact on the treated: Assess the effectiveness of the program at improving nutritional status, education and cognitive and learning outcomes for school-age children, with particular attention to the anemia status of older school-age girls .
2. Impact on untreated but nutritionally vulnerable sub-groups: Assess the effectiveness of the program at reducing anemia prevalence in mothers and younger siblings.
3. Optimal program design: Assess the differential impacts of a program in which children are fed at school compared with one in which they are given dry rations to bring home.
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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In School Feeding
In School Feeding
The intervention provides meals consisting of 1049 kcals of energy, 32.6 gm protein, and 24.9 gm fat per child per school day and meet at least two thirds of the child's daily vitamin and mineral requirements, including 99 percent of iron requirements. SFP delivers these nutrients in the form of a fortified corn-soy porridge around mid-morning and beans and maize meal or rice at lunch.
Take Home Rations
Take Home Rations
The rations provided in the intervention are equal in size and composition to the food received in the in-school feeding intervention, but are provided to households once per month.
Control
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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In School Feeding
The intervention provides meals consisting of 1049 kcals of energy, 32.6 gm protein, and 24.9 gm fat per child per school day and meet at least two thirds of the child's daily vitamin and mineral requirements, including 99 percent of iron requirements. SFP delivers these nutrients in the form of a fortified corn-soy porridge around mid-morning and beans and maize meal or rice at lunch.
Take Home Rations
The rations provided in the intervention are equal in size and composition to the food received in the in-school feeding intervention, but are provided to households once per month.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
6 Years
13 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Makerere University
OTHER
World Bank
OTHER
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
OTHER
UNICEF
OTHER
International Food Policy Research Institute
OTHER
Responsible Party
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IFPRI
Principal Investigators
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Marie Ruel, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
IFPRI
Locations
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Lira District
Lira, , Uganda
Pader District
Pader, , Uganda
Countries
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References
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Adelman S, Gilligan DO, Konde-Lule J, Alderman H. School Feeding Reduces Anemia Prevalence in Adolescent Girls and Other Vulnerable Household Members in a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in Uganda. J Nutr. 2019 Apr 1;149(4):659-666. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxy305.
Other Identifiers
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WB-7135830
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id