Impact of school gardens in Nepal: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Autor: Maureen Mecozzi, Ray-Yu Yang, Giri Dhari Subedi, Gregory C. Luther, Upendra Dhungana, Pepijn Schreinemachers, Dhruba Raj Bhattarai, Tej Prasad Acharya, Hsiao-pu Chen, Narayan Kaji Kashichhawa
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of Development Effectiveness. 9:329-343
ISSN: 1943-9407
1943-9342
DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2017.1311356
Popis: This study evaluates the combined impact of school gardens linked to complementary lessons and promotional activities about gardening and nutrition on the nutritional awareness, knowledge, perceptions, eating behaviour and nutritional status of 10- to 15-year-old schoolchildren in Nepal. We used a cluster randomised controlled trial design to collect data from 30 schools and a sample of 1275 and 785 schoolchildren for the 2014 and 2015 school years, respectively. After one year of intervention, we found a significant (p
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