Children's Health and Nutrition as Educational Issues: A Case Study of the Ghana211 Partnership for Child Development's Intervention Research in the Volta Region of 211 Ghana

摘要

The paper describes the operations research intervention carried out by the Ghana211u001ePartnership for Child Development (GPCD) in the Volta Region of Ghana in 211u001ecollaboration with the Ministries of Education and Health and the Ghana Education 211u001eService. Ghana was chosen because it is one of the leading countries in Africa in 211u001epromoting school health. GPCD's Volta intervention is among the world's most 211u001eextensively documented projects related to health, nutrition, and educational 211u001econditions, interventions and consequences. The GPCD research explicitly set out 211u001eto measure outcomes of interest to educational policymakers. This research seeks 211u001eto understand these issues from an educational policy perspective: Do health and 211u001enutrition interventions measurably improve the quality and the efficiency of 211u001eschooling, a case could be made on educational grounds for investment in the 211u001ehealth and nutrition of school children. Health and nutrition could then be seen 211u001e(rightly, we believe) as the joint responsibility of education and health 211u001eministries and as a necessary input to the educational process. This research 211u001ethus focused on measurement of educational outcomes and their interaction with 211u001ehealth and nutritional conditions.