Peanut-based School Meals in Rural Ghana to Improve Attendance and Retention

Conditions: School Attendance, School Dropouts, School Enrollment, School Feeding Programs, Child Nutrition

Sex: All

Ages: 5 Years – 17 Years

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Phase: NA

Enrollment: 5800

Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test daily provision of peanut paste-based milk-containing ready-to-use school food (PM-RUF) in children 5-17 years of age in Ghana . The main question it aims to answer is: \- Will provision of PM-RUF as a daily school meal improve attendance, improve matriculation, and/or reduce dropouts among Ghanaian schoolchildren 5-17 years of age in Mion District as compared with provision of a common local flour made of rice/millet?

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Provision of signed (or thumb-printed) and dated informed consent form by parent/guardian * Enrolled at level Basic 1 or higher in a participating school * Parent/guardian stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study, including no plan to move from the catchment area of a participating school * 5 - 17 years of age Exclusion Criteria: * Known allergy to components of intervention or control study food or medications * Condition requiring immediate hospitalization

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