Education and nutrition linkages in Africa: evidence from national level analysis

Mukudi, Edith

doi:10.1016/s0738-0593(02)00050-0

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“…Rather, in both boys and girls, nutritional status was most strongly associated with number of teachers in the village, a measure of access to education. This finding is consistent with other international development research showing the importance of education in promoting nutritional health (Bindon and Vitzthum, 2002;Ene-Obong et al, 2001;Mukudi, 2003;Skoufias, 1999).…”

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confidence: 92%

Physical growth and nutritional status of Tsimane' Amerindian children of lowland Bolivia

Foster

Byron

Reyes‐García

et al. 2004

American J Phys Anthropol

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This study examines patterns of growth and nutritional status of indigenous Tsimane' children under 9 years of age (n = 199 boys and 210 girls), based on a cross-sectional sample from 58 villages from the Beni Deparment of lowland Bolivia. Compared with US children, Tsimane' children are quite short, with linear growth tracking at or below the US 5th centile in both sexes. The prevalence of low height-for-age ("stunting;" HA Z-scores

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Physical growth and nutritional status of Tsimane' Amerindian children of lowland Bolivia

Foster

Byron

Reyes‐García

et al. 2004

American J Phys Anthropol

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“…Lack of education reduces the acceptability of foods with high levels of micronutrients in low income countries (Joffe, 2007). With high levels of illiteracy in sub-Saharan Africa (Mukudi, 2003) nutritional aspects may play a trivial role in the understanding of quality in organic food. It is not surprising therefore that a study by the same author which analyzed the correlation between education and nutritional status in 42 African countries (including all the three East African countries), concluded that lack of education significantly led to nutritional stress within households .…”

Section: Nutritional and Sensory Qualitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding Organic Food Qualities in the Global South: An East African Perspective

Jumba¹,

Freyer²,

Mwine³

et al. 2012

JAS

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Quality is a major component of the process of food production, delivery and consumption because it plays an influential role in consumer acceptability of the food. It has been widely suggested that food quality consists of both tangible and intangible (e.g., aesthetic) components although much of the debate has been based in the global north with little focus on southern countries. This paper therefore aims at exploring the concept of quality and more specifically organic food quality in East Africa (Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania). We carry out an extensive review of the relevant literature on food quality from a variety of electronic databases while exploring the cross cutting issues that are intrinsically connected to it in a bid to better understand both its explicit and implicit components. The findings suggest that in addition to the product and process qualities prominent in the global north, organic food in East Africa possesses context specific qualities which appear to play a greater role in the understanding of food quality within rural farming households because they satisfy some of their most pressing needs. This implies that how quality is interpreted will always depend on the situation or circumstances under which the user is operating in whether at the microcosmic (individual) or macrocosmic (regional) level.

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“…It is claimed elsewhere that good nutrition is important for children's health and impacts on learning in schools. Mukudi (2003) analysing some African countries including Zambia, argues that the linkage between education and nutrition is posited as one of synergism. Good nutrition plays a role in enhancing educational outcomes.…”

Section: Health and Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Good nutrition plays a role in enhancing educational outcomes. Children with nutritional deficiency have difficulty in learning and nutrition-based supplementation has been proved to improve learning outcomes (Mukudi, 2003;Politt, 1995).…”

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Teaching and Learning of English in Secondary Schools

Chanda¹

2008

Commonwealth Case Studies in Education

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Improving the quality of teaching at secondary school level has been and continues to be a major concern for public sector education authorities, teacher educators and trainers, and teachers' professional organisations, as well as for secondary teachers themselves. The need to improve the professional training and performance of teachers in their subject areas is widely accepted. We know, for example, that the demands of today's secondary education call for teachers who are highly skilled and grounded in knowledge, values and effective teaching strategies.To provide this, teachers need to demonstrate -among other factorsknowledge of child development, gender sensitivity, appropriate attitudes to teaching and skills in organising lessons, lesson planning, working with children, teaching methods, teaching strategies and selection of the best resources to support the teaching and learning process. This book deals with all these key elements in the organisation, planning and delivery of effective lessons. Casmir Chanda has presented teaching practice activities, techniques and the methods of teaching in simple language.The book provides recommendations, based on an in-depth country case study, on how to improve and manage the quality of teaching and learning in English. Based on the Zambian experience, this book shows how education systems can effect improvements in schools, even in situations of very scarce resources. It gives clear strategies for English language teaching and learning. Although the book focuses on Zambia, the experiences presented will be of relevance to other countries in Africa.This book is intended to assist front-line practitioners seeking best practice strategies in teaching English language at secondary school level. Chanda's book gives practical guidance on how English teaching and learning can be improved and make certain that meaningful learning takes place. The book will be useful in both teacher-training colleges and schools.I commend this well-written, readable book to all pre-service and inservice primary and secondary teacher educators, co-ordinators and xii Teaching and Learning of English in Secondary Schools managers of teacher resource centres, school heads, serving primary and secondary school teachers, student teachers on teaching practice and school inspectors.

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Education and nutrition linkages in Africa: evidence from national level analysis

Cited by 18 publications

References 14 publications

Physical growth and nutritional status of Tsimane' Amerindian children of lowland Bolivia

Physical growth and nutritional status of Tsimane' Amerindian children of lowland Bolivia

Understanding Organic Food Qualities in the Global South: An East African Perspective

Teaching and Learning of English in Secondary Schools

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