2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
n Evaluation of Innovative School Health and Nutrition Education through Field Experiments - An Enquiry into the Sustainable Health Improvement of Poor Children in Developing Countries
| Project/Area Number |
23402033
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Economic policy
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| Research Institution | Meiji Gakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
OMURA Makiko 明治学院大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (80397835)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SAKURAI Takeshi 一橋大学, 経済研究所, 教授 (40343769)
KOBAYASH Jun 琉球大学, 医学部, 教授 (70225514)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
MIZOUE Tetsuya 国立国際医療研究センター, 国際臨床研究センター, 部長 (60269074)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 経済発展 / フィールド実験 / 無作為化比較介入 / 学校保健衛生教育 / 健康インセンティブ / 貧困児童 / バングラデシュ農村 / 人的資本 |
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| Research Abstract |
The field experiment for this research project was implemented in collaboration with an international NGO. Twelve project staff and eighteen para-teachers were recruited and trained. In addition, over thirty survey staff were hired and trained for the baseline and the endline survey. The skills based health education was provided to 90 primary schools, once a week for twelve months. A cross-cutting soap provision intervention was also conducted.
Due to the political instability and other factors, the project implementation and survey were delayed, and consequently, data organisation and exploratory analyses are still underway. The exploratory analyses show that each of the health education intervention and soap provision intervention has positive effects on some health indicators with statistical significance. Further examinations on the set hypotheses and analysis methodologies will be carried out and papers will be drafted for publication.
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Research Products
(3 results)
