It was not feasible to statistically combine the results of the studies due to the heterogeneity of most of the studies. The systematic review uses the Cochrane data collection form to extract data from the included studies. Studies included in this systematic review were screened for their eligibility. This study included cluster-randomised controlled trials (R.C.T.s), randomised controlled trials, quasi-experimental studies, mixed-methods studies, and non-randomised cluster trials. The methodological basis of this study is a systematic review that searched a wide range of academic and grey literature databases, including PubMed, Cochrane Library and Google Scholar. Systematisation of the literary sources indicates that studies have justified cash transfer as social-income support that addresses a vital social determinant of health (income) for children in low-and-middle-income countries. The main purpose of the research is to assess the effectiveness of cash transfers in improving nutritional outcomes in vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper summarises the arguments and counterarguments within the scientific discussion on cash transfers and child nutrition. The findings of this study recommend that the NSNP strengthens training programmes, evaluation and monitoring measures as these are crucial for food safety. The findings also revealed that training should be a requirement for food handlers under the NSNP, in order to prevent foodborne diseases and reduce pathogen spread (cross contamination) during food preparation. The results showed that lack of education and knowledge was one of the reasons behind food handlers’ non-adherence to food safety and hygiene practices. A qualitative research approach employing a semi-structured individual interview process was used for data collection.
This study seeks to assess knowledge levels of food safety and hygiene practices among NSNP food handlers in Gauteng. However, in South Africa there is an increasing number of food poisoning reports, especially in schools under the NSNP. The National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) aims at supplying nutritious supplementary meals to schoolchildren in order to improve education outcome by elevating learning ability, school attendance, and punctuality.
Published by Oxford University Press and the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics. Finally, the most effective social benefit functions are not necessarily those targeted at children. Moreover, social benefits play a key role that remains even when controlling for country-level determinants. Our findings suggest that child deprivation is sensitive to household and country characteristics, the latter dimension being crucial to explain differences across European countries in the extent of child deprivation. We separately estimate the effect of each social benefit function on child deprivation to evaluate whether functions directly targeted at children are more effective than functions with no explicit intention of child deprivation protection. We contribute to the scarce literature on the effects of social spending on child-specific deprivation from a cross-national perspective. We construct a dedicated child deprivation indicator that allows us to better capture children's circumstances and examine the effect on them of country and sociodemographic factors jointly through multilevel models. This article examines the ability of social benefits to soften the level of child deprivation in Europe.
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