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The problem
Intervention: School feeding programs in primary schools
Who it was tested with: 163 households with children enrolled in two primary schools in Monduli district, Tanzania; pastoralist communities.
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 163 households with children enrolled in two primary schools, with one implementing an SFP (Naitolia Primary School) and one without (Mswakini Juu Primary School)." This design is observational without random assignment and measures community perceptions of program effectiveness rather than direct outcomes, placing it at the practitioner evidence tier. Results are mixed because while awareness and perceived benefits were high, significant barriers and sustainability concerns were identified.
Cross-sectional design prevents causal inference; study captures only community perceptions rather than measured health, nutritional, or educational outcomes; comparison schools had different program implementation status rather than randomization
Across countries and designs
7 studies · 7 countries
