scholarly journals The effects of school‐based decision‐making on educational outcomes in low‐ and middle‐income contexts: a systematic review

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy Carr‐Hill ◽  
Caine Rolleston ◽  
Rebecca Schendel
PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. e89692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia A. Fonner ◽  
Kevin S. Armstrong ◽  
Caitlin E. Kennedy ◽  
Kevin R. O'Reilly ◽  
Michael D. Sweat

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sachin Shinde ◽  
Dongqing Wang ◽  
Wafaie W Fawzi

Abstract BackgroundAdolescence is a period of rapid physical growth and transition between childhood to adulthood. However, in many developing countries, nutritional and epidemiological transitions are contributing to surging overnutrition, which, together with prevalent undernutrition, is resulting in the double burden of malnutrition (DBM) among adolescents. Schools as social systems have tremendous but mostly underutilized capacity to facilitate change and address a range of nutritional and associated educational concerns of adolescents and young people. The main objective of this systematic review will be to synthesize the evidence on school-based nutrition interventions that aimed to address the DBM, and the associated educational outcomes among adolescents from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).MethodsComprehensive literature searches will be conducted in multiple electronic databases, including the Medline (through PubMed), Embase, CENTRAL (through Cochrane Library), CINAHL, and Google Scholar. We will include randomized controlled trials (RCTs), controlled before-after studies, and non-randomized controlled trials examining the effects of nutrition interventions on DBM and educational outcomes among adolescents (10−19−years−old) in LMICs. Two reviewers will independently screen all citations and full-text articles and abstract data. The quality of the included studies will be assessed with the Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing the risk of bias for RCTs and the Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies of Interventions tool for controlled before-after studies and non-randomized controlled trials. DiscussionTo maximize the power of schools as a platform to reinforce the mutually beneficial relationship between adolescent nutrition and education, it is imperative to develop and implement integrated interventions connecting schools, adolescents, parents, communities, and the health care system. The results of this systematic review will provide a comprehensive state of current knowledge on the effectiveness of school-based interventions to enable future research that maximizes the impact and efficiency of integrated approaches to tackle multiple forms of malnutrition among school-going and out-of-school adolescents.Systematic review registrationPROSPERO ID: 211109 (under review)


2018 ◽  
Vol 96 (10) ◽  
pp. 682-694D ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthea M Burnett ◽  
Aryati Yashadhana ◽  
Ling Lee ◽  
Nina Serova ◽  
Daveena Brain ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 143 ◽  
pp. 106317
Author(s):  
Melissa Bradshaw ◽  
Hermine Gericke ◽  
Bronwynè J. Coetzee ◽  
Paul Stallard ◽  
Suzanne Human ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 415-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roosmarijn Verstraeten ◽  
Dominique Roberfroid ◽  
Carl Lachat ◽  
Jef L Leroy ◽  
Michelle Holdsworth ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Divine Darlington Logo ◽  
Yeetey Enuameh ◽  
George Adjei ◽  
Arti Singh ◽  
Emmanuel Nakua ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: In-school young people in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) are more likely to initiate tobacco use, sustain its use, and are at a higher risk of tobacco related-harms compared to their counterparts in High-Income Countries. Synthesized evidence however on the effectiveness of school-based tobacco prevention interventions for preventing tobacco initiation among young people in LMICs are not documented. We aim to evaluate the effectiveness of school-based interventions compared to non-intervention school programmes in preventing tobacco smoking initiation among young people in LMICs, including Ghana.Methods: The JBI methodology for systematic reviews of effectiveness will guide the conduct of this review. A comprehensive strategic search will be developed to retrieve both published and unpublished studies. Studies published in the English language from the year 2000 will be considered for the review. The processes of study selection, critical appraisal, data extraction, and data synthesis will be in accordance with the JBI approach for reviews of effectiveness. The primary outcome for the review will be the non-initiation of tobacco smoking by the youth. Discussion: We anticipate providing synthesized evidence on the effectiveness of school-based smoking initiation prevention among young people in LMICs. The findings could also support policymakers in regulating and implementing smoke-free laws.Systematic review registration: PROSPERO CRD42021246206


BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. e049507
Author(s):  
Paul Lokubal ◽  
Sandrena Ruth Frischer ◽  
Ines Corcuera ◽  
Jessica Macias Balil ◽  
Christine Nalwadda Kayemba ◽  
...  

IntroductionGlobally, about half of all pregnancies are unintended and/or unwanted and three-fifths of these end in induced abortion. When faced with a choice to terminate pregnancy, women’s abortion decision-making processes are often complex and multiphasic and maybe amplified in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) which bear the major burden of abortion-related morbidity and mortality. Our review aims to (1) describe abortion decision-making trajectories for women in LMICs and (2) investigate factors influencing the choice of abortion decision-making trajectories in LMICs.Methods and analysisWe will search and retrieve published and unpublished qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods, community and/or hospital-based studies conducted in LMICs from 1 January 2000 up to 16 February 2021. We will search Ovid Medline, Ovid EMBASE, Ovid PsycInfo, Ovid Global Health, Web of Science (including Social Science Citation Index), Scopus, IBSS, CINAHL via EBSCO, WHO Global Index Medicus, the Cochrane Library, WHO website, ProQuest and Google Scholar. We will search reference lists of eligible studies and contact experts for additional data/information, if required. We will extract all relevant data to answer our research questions and assess study quality using the appropriate appraisal tools. Depending on the extracted data, our analysis will use sequential or convergent synthesis methods proposed by Hong et al. For qualitative studies, we will synthesise evidence using thematic synthesis, meta-ethnography or ‘best-fit’ framework synthesis; and for quantitative findings, we will provide a narrative synthesis and/or meta-analysis. We will do sensitivity analyses and assess confidence in our findings using Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, and Evaluation –Confidence in Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative Research (GRADE-CERQUal) for qualitative findings and Grades of Recommednation, Assessment, and Evaluation (GRADE) for quantitative findings.Ethics and disseminationWe did not require ethics approval for this systematic review. We will publish our findings in an open-access peer-reviewed journal with global and maternal health readership. We will also present our findings at national and international scientific conferences.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy Carr-Hill ◽  
Caine Rolleston ◽  
Rebecca Schendel ◽  
Hugh Waddington

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