ABSTRACT

This study evaluates the combined impact of school vegetable gardens linked to complementary nutrition education on the nutritional awareness, knowledge, perceptions, and eating behavior of 8–14-year-old schoolchildren in Burkina Faso. The study uses a repeated cluster randomized controlled trial and a sample of 30 schools and 1,760 schoolchildren. The results show a small but significant (p < 0.05) increase in knowledge of sustainable agriculture (+5.0%) and knowledge of food and nutrition (+6.6%), but no significant increase in other outcome indicators including fruit and vegetable consumption. More caution is needed in the promotion of school gardens for improving child nutrition in very low income countries.

摘要

这项研究评估了与补充营养教育相关的学校菜园对布基纳法索8-14岁学童的营养意识，知识，知觉和饮食行为的综合影响。这项研究使用了重复的整群随机对照试验以及30所学校和1,760名学童的样本。结果表明，可持续农业知识（+ 5.0％）和食品与营养知识（+ 6.6％）的增长很小但显着（p <0.05），但包括水果和蔬菜消费在内的其他成果指标却没有显着增长。在非常低收入国家中，在改善学校花园以改善儿童营养方面需要更加谨慎。