Nutritional Interventions for Anemia and Their Impact on School Attendance Among Secondary School Students in Uganda

Anemia is a common nutritional disorder prevalent among secondary school students in Uganda, affecting their health and educational outcomes. A randomized controlled trial will be conducted with 500 participants randomly assigned to receive either iron-fortified supplements or a placebo. Data collection will include baseline health assessments, dietary surveys, and follow-up evaluations over a six-month period. Initial data suggests that the intervention group showed an increased school attendance rate by an average of 12% compared to the control group (p < 0.05). Nutritional interventions for anemia appear to have a positive impact on improving secondary school students' educational engagement. Further studies should be conducted to explore long-term effects and cost-effectiveness of these interventions. Anemia, Nutritional Interventions, School Attendance, Secondary School Students, Uganda Treatment effect was estimated with $\text{logit}(p_i)=\beta_0+\beta^\top X_i$, and uncertainty reported using confidence-interval based inference.