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Food insecurity and...
Food insecurity and self-rated health in rural Nicaraguan women of reproductive age : a cross-sectional study
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- Pérez, Wilton, 1979- (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Internationell barnhälsa och nutrition
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- Contreras, Mariela, 1979- (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Internationell barnhälsa och nutrition
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- Peña, Rodolfo (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH),Pan American Health Organization, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
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- Zelaya, Elmer (författare)
- Asociación para el Desarrollo Económico y Social de El Espino (APRODESE), Cinco Pinos, Nicaragua
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- Persson, Lars-Åke, 1947- (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Internationell barnhälsa och nutrition,Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Källestål, Carina, 1954- (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Internationell barnhälsa och nutrition,Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- 2018-09-18
- 2018
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: International Journal for Equity in Health. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1475-9276. ; 17:1
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Abstract
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- BACKGROUND: Access to food is a basic necessity, and food insecurity may impair the individual's well-being and health. Self-rated health measurements have frequently been used to assess population health. Little is known, however, as to whether food security is associated with self-rated health in low- and middle-income settings. This study aims at analyzing the association between food security and self-rated health among non-pregnant women of reproductive age in a rural Nicaraguan setting.METHODS: Data was taken from the 2014 update of a health and demographic surveillance system in the municipalities of Los Cuatro Santos in northwestern Nicaragua. Fieldworkers interviewed women about their self-rated health using a 5-point Likert scale. Food insecurity was assessed by the household food insecurity access (HFIAS) scale. A multilevel Poisson random-intercept model was used to calculate the prevalence ratio.RESULTS: The survey included 5866 women. In total, 89% were food insecure, and 48% had poor self-rated health. Food insecurity was associated with poor self-rated health, and remained so after adjustment for potential confounders and accounting for community dependency.CONCLUSION: In this Nicaraguan resource-limited setting, there was an association between food insecurity and poor self-rated health. Food insecurity is a facet of poverty and measures an important missing capability directly related to health.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
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- Capability approach
- Food insecurity
- Nicaragua
- Self-rated health
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