Noel Tsui, Gabriel B Tjong, Abigail J Simms, Sarah A Edwards, Shelley Cripps
Hepatitis C (HCV) prevalence in citizens of the Métis Nation of Ontario
BMC infectious diseases
beginning 20142015 schools nationwide option offering free meals students qualifying schools community eligibility provision cep cep linked greater likelihood eating school meals little known impact broader outcomes purpose study estimate association cep school attendance among elementary school students grades 1 5 quasiexperimental study students attendance records observed 1 baseline 2 followup years sample cep eligible noncep schools participants elementary school students wisconsin three consecutive school years beginning 20132014 main sample included 92126 observationyears students 37 cep 108 eligible noncep elementary schools cepparticipating schools offered breakfast lunch free students school breakfast program national school lunch program beginning 20142015 outcome measures attendance rate defined percentage school days attended low attendance defined attending fewer 95 available days first second implementation years differenceindifference regression models student fixed effects estimated separate impacts first second cep years models adjusted timevarying school student characteristics implementing cep association attendance initial year second year cep associated 35 percentage point reduction percentage students low attendance p0045 association cep attendance found economically disadvantaged students offering meals free students cep may modestly reduce risk low attendance among economically disadvantaged students participating schools