REAP Researchers Named Top Cited Authors of Asia Pacific Journal of Education

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The Asia Pacific Journal of Education named REAP researchers Drs. Renfuo Luo, Yaojiang Shi, Linxiu Zhang, Scott Rozelle, and Brian Sharbono top cited authors for the period from 2008 to 2012 for their paper, "Malnutrition in China's rural boarding schools: the case of primary schools in Shaanxi Province."  Published in 2009, this paper documented and analyzed the nutrional intake and malnutrition status of boarding and non-boarding students in western rural China. 

The REAP research team analyzed two data sets on boarding schools and boarding students in Shaanxi Province, a representative province in western rural China.  They found that dormitory and student canteen facilities in boarding schools are under-equipped and services are poor quality and far below that needed for student development.  Specifically, students eating at school have much lower height-for-age Z-scores (HAZ) than those of non-boarding students, suggesting that poor services in boarding schools and inadequate nutrition intake may be an important cause of low student HAZ scores.  Importantly, their analysis demonstrated that improving the facilities and services of boarding schools in rural China is an effective way to decrease the inequality of health, malnutrition, and human capital between urban and rural areas.

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