農業 (農場) と非農場活動と食料の多様性との相互作用と相関関係 - 健康支出との関連
Katiso Ramalebo1, Retius Chifurira1, Temesgen Zewotir1
1University School of Mathematics, Statistics Computer Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban, South Africa.
まとめ
レソトの農業参加と食事の多様性を促進することで,栄養を改善し,医療費を削減することができます. 家庭の社会経済的な要因は,食品の選択と医療費に大きな影響を与えます.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生
- 農業経済学
- 栄養学
背景:
- 栄養素の摂取と健康には 食事の多様性が不可欠ですが 社会経済的な要因がそれを妨げています
- 農業への参加は 食料の利用可能性と多様性を向上させますが 医療費への影響については 検討が必要です
- レソトは食事の多様性に関する課題に直面しており,公衆衛生とコスト削減戦略を伝えるための研究が必要である.
研究 の 目的:
- レソトの食事の多様性と健康関連の費用に対する家庭の食物の消費,社会経済的要因,農業参加の影響を分析する.
- これらの変数の相互作用を理解し,標的型の介入を策定する.
- 政策立案者向けに 根拠に基づいた勧告を提供すること
主な方法:
- レソトの世帯予算調査のデータを活用した.
- 複雑な関係を分析するために,部分最小平方-構造方程式モデリング (PLS-SEM) を採用した.
- 農業参加,社会経済的要因,食料の多様性が保健支出に及ぼす直接的・間接的な影響を検討した.
主要な成果:
- 農業への参加は健康に直接影響を及ぼし 食料の多様性にも貢献します
- 家庭の収入,規模,教育レベルは 食料の多様性や医療費の両方を 大きく左右します
- 食品の多様性は 医療費に影響を与える重要な要素です
結論:
- レソトの栄養を改善し,医療費を削減するための費用対効果の高い戦略は,農業の関与を支援し,食事の多様性を促進することです.
- 食事の多様性を高めるため,社会経済的な制約に対処すべきです.
- 政策立案者は公衆衛生の改善とコスト削減のために これらの分野を優先すべきです
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