African Hepatobiliary Surgery | 03 February 2002
Nutrition Intervention Programme for School-Age Children in Dar es Salaam Slums: A Longitudinal Feeding Study
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Abstract
Child malnutrition is prevalent in Dar es Salaam slums, affecting school-age children's growth and development. A longitudinal feeding study was conducted with school-age children from five randomly selected slum areas, using a randomized controlled trial design. Participants were followed for one academic year. There was a significant improvement in dietary intake and nutritional status among the intervention group (p < 0.05), with an average increase of 12% in hemoglobin levels compared to controls. The nutrition intervention programme demonstrated effectiveness in improving the health outcomes of school-age children in Dar es Salaam slums. Further research should explore scalability and sustainability of this model across other slum areas in Tanzania. Nutrition Intervention, School-Age Children, Slum Areas, Hemoglobin Levels Treatment effect was estimated with $\text{logit}(p<em>i)=\beta</em>0+\beta^\top X_i$, and uncertainty reported using confidence-interval based inference.