Impact on Health and Nutrition Outcomes in Sindh Province, Pakistan

Autor:	Sajid Bashir Soofi, Seema Hasan, Masawar Hussain, Arjumand Rizvi, Nelofer Mehboob, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Imtiaz Hussain
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Economic growth Poverty medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry education Geography Planning and Development Physical examination Development Anthropometry medicine.disease Test (assessment) Malnutrition McNemar's test Environmental health medicine Underweight medicine.symptom business Wasting
Zdroj:	IDS Bulletin. 44:38-47
ISSN:	0265-5012
DOI:	10.1111/1759-5436.12029
Popis:	We independently conducted the impact assessment of the Tawana Pakistan Project (a school‐based feeding programme to improve the nutritional status of primary school girls in impoverished rural districts of Pakistan). The evaluation was conducted among school‐going girls in four districts of Sindh, Pakistan. Pre‐ and post‐intervention data was collected for anthropometric measurements, nutritional status and physical examination. Paired analysis of 1,028 girls (5–12 years) was undertaken using McNemar's test. 1 Our findings revealed a significant association of the school‐based nutrition programme with reductions in the proportion of wasting (p
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