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<p>This paper explores the possible impact of a health screening intervention “Jawahar Bal Arogya Raksha (JBAR)” which was later subsumed under the School Health Program of National health Mission and called as “Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakaram (RBSK)”, introduced in government and government-aided schools of Andhra Pradesh in 2010. The considered outcome variables are nutritional indicators such as zhfa and zbfa (<i>z</i>-score of height-for-age and <i>z</i>-score of body mass index-for-age, respectively), health expenditure and cognition scores of school going children. The stated policy is a preventive primary healthcare policy, and the results from this paper contribute to the literature on relevance of health screening policies for health outcomes. The data used for exploring the possible impact are the panel data of 2000 children from the Young Lives study conducted from 2002 to 2016. The paper proposes four hypothesis and presents exploratory descriptive results on the same using the before–after study design. We find positive impacts of the screening program on the percentage of stunted and thin children after intervention. While the average cognition score of the proposed treatment group is higher than the control group, we find that the difference between the scores across two groups decreases after intervention. In terms of health expenditure, we find an increase in average expenditure on medical consultation and treatment and a decrease in other expenses after the intervention.</p>

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Can health screening impact student’s health? An exploratory study of a School Health Program in Andhra Pradesh, India

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    2025年2月25日

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  • Yamini,
  • Naresh Bodkhe

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This paper explores the possible impact of a health screening intervention “Jawahar Bal Arogya Raksha (JBAR)” which was later subsumed under the School Health Program of National health Mission and called as “Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakaram (RBSK)”, introduced in government and government-aided schools of Andhra Pradesh in 2010. The considered outcome variables are nutritional indicators such as zhfa and zbfa (z-score of height-for-age and z-score of body mass index-for-age, respectively), health expenditure and cognition scores of school going children. The stated policy is a preventive primary healthcare policy, and the results from this paper contribute to the literature on relevance of health screening policies for health outcomes. The data used for exploring the possible impact are the panel data of 2000 children from the Young Lives study conducted from 2002 to 2016. The paper proposes four hypothesis and presents exploratory descriptive results on the same using the before–after study design. We find positive impacts of the screening program on the percentage of stunted and thin children after intervention. While the average cognition score of the proposed treatment group is higher than the control group, we find that the difference between the scores across two groups decreases after intervention. In terms of health expenditure, we find an increase in average expenditure on medical consultation and treatment and a decrease in other expenses after the intervention.