The Rural Education Action Program is part of the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions.
Health Outcomes
Scholarly Publications
Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections and Correlated Risk Factors in Preschool and School-aged Children in Rural Southwest China
September 2012
We conducted a survey of 1707 children in 141 impoverished rural areas of Guizhou and Sichuan Provinces in Southwest China.
Parental Training, Anemia and the Impact on the Nutrition of Female Students in China’s Poor Rural Elementary Schools
December 2012
In this paper we report the results of a randomized controlled trial designed to measure the impact of a parental training program on the nutritional status of primary school students in rural...
Health Insurance and Catastrophic Illness: A Report on the New Cooperative Medical System in Rural China
July 2009
The overall goal of the paper is to understand the progress of the design and implementation of China’s New Cooperative Medical System (NCMS) program between 2004 (the second year of the program)...
Projects
Paying for Performance in the Battle Against Anemia: Pilot Study
ProblemDespite China’s rapid economic development, prevalence rates of iron deficiency anemia among children in China’s poorest rural areas range between 25% and 60% - implying more than 10 million...
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Role of Teachers in Boosting Eyeglasses Wear
Teachers are often the crucial link Overcoming children’s hesitancy to wear glasses is a major challenge in moving forward toward a national vision care plan.
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