Costs, and cost-outcome of school feeding programmes and feeding programmes for young children: Evidence and recommendations

Our objectives for this study were to provide updated, realistic data on the costs and cost-outcomes of school feeding in Low and Middle Income Countries. We also aimed to identify factors that may influence effectiveness and therefore, cost effectiveness of the interventions. To do this, we combine...

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Main Authors: Kristjansson, E.A., Gelli, Aulo, Welch, V., Greenhalgh, T., Liberato, S., Francis, D., Espejo, F.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147416
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author Kristjansson, E.A.
Gelli, Aulo
Welch, V.
Greenhalgh, T.
Liberato, S.
Francis, D.
Espejo, F.
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Francis, D.
Gelli, Aulo
Greenhalgh, T.
Kristjansson, E.A.
Liberato, S.
Welch, V.
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description Our objectives for this study were to provide updated, realistic data on the costs and cost-outcomes of school feeding in Low and Middle Income Countries. We also aimed to identify factors that may influence effectiveness and therefore, cost effectiveness of the interventions. To do this, we combined data on effect sizes for physical and psychosocial outcomes from two Cochrane systematic reviews with new data on the costs of school feeding. We simulated the costs of preschool feeding based on the school feeding costs. We found that he average for low- and middle-income countries combined was US$72, with large variations across countries. We also found a wide variation in costs for different outcomes. We suggest several ways in which effectiveness may be improved and cost-per outcome lowered for both programmes.
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spelling CGSpace1474162025-09-25T13:01:42Z Costs, and cost-outcome of school feeding programmes and feeding programmes for young children: Evidence and recommendations Kristjansson, E.A. Gelli, Aulo Welch, V. Greenhalgh, T. Liberato, S. Francis, D. Espejo, F. education child development school feeding educational achievement Our objectives for this study were to provide updated, realistic data on the costs and cost-outcomes of school feeding in Low and Middle Income Countries. We also aimed to identify factors that may influence effectiveness and therefore, cost effectiveness of the interventions. To do this, we combined data on effect sizes for physical and psychosocial outcomes from two Cochrane systematic reviews with new data on the costs of school feeding. We simulated the costs of preschool feeding based on the school feeding costs. We found that he average for low- and middle-income countries combined was US$72, with large variations across countries. We also found a wide variation in costs for different outcomes. We suggest several ways in which effectiveness may be improved and cost-per outcome lowered for both programmes. 2016-08-05 2024-06-21T09:22:49Z 2024-06-21T09:22:49Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147416 en Open Access Elsevier Kristjansson, E.A.; Gelli, Aulo; Welch, V.; Greenhalgh, T.; Liberato, S.; Francis, D.; and Espejo, F. 2016. Costs, and cost-outcome of school feeding programmes and feeding programmes for young children: Evidence and recommendations. International Journal of Educational Development 48(2016): 79 - 83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2015.11.011
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Gelli, Aulo
Welch, V.
Greenhalgh, T.
Liberato, S.
Francis, D.
Espejo, F.
Costs, and cost-outcome of school feeding programmes and feeding programmes for young children: Evidence and recommendations
title Costs, and cost-outcome of school feeding programmes and feeding programmes for young children: Evidence and recommendations
title_full Costs, and cost-outcome of school feeding programmes and feeding programmes for young children: Evidence and recommendations
title_fullStr Costs, and cost-outcome of school feeding programmes and feeding programmes for young children: Evidence and recommendations
title_full_unstemmed Costs, and cost-outcome of school feeding programmes and feeding programmes for young children: Evidence and recommendations
title_short Costs, and cost-outcome of school feeding programmes and feeding programmes for young children: Evidence and recommendations
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topic education
child development
school feeding
educational achievement
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147416
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