在马普托市的家庭中,粮食不安全和相关因素
Elias M A Militao1,2,3, Olalekan A Uthman4,5, Elsa M Salvador3
1Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Mid Sweden University, Holmgatan 10, 851 70 Sundsvall, Sweden.
Nutrients
|May 27, 2023
概括
粮食不安全影响着莫桑比克79%的家庭,特别是低收入家庭和那些有非正式工作的家庭. 解决体面工作和创造就业机会对于公共卫生政策来减少营养不良至关重要.
科学领域:
- 全球健康 全球健康
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 社会经济学 社会经济学
背景情况:
- 粮食不安全 (FI) 是一个重大的全球挑战,也是低收入和中等收入国家营养不良的主要驱动因素.
- 莫桑比克的粮食不安全的流行率和促成因素在很大程度上仍未被描述.
研究的目的:
- 确定莫桑比克南部粮食不安全的流行程度.
- 确定与该地区粮食不安全相关的社会人口和饮食因素.
主要方法:
- 一项横截面研究分析了莫桑比克马普托市1842个家庭主管的数据.
- 食品不安全性是使用修改后的美国农业部家庭食品安全量表来评估的.
- 多重回归分析检查了粮食不安全与社会人口因素,饮食多样性和食频率之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 粮食不安全的普遍性很高,79%的家庭受到影响.
- 在16.6%,28.1%和34.4%的家庭中,分别报告了轻度,中度和严重的粮食不安全.
- 低收入,家庭主管的教育程度较低,非正式就业,饮食多样性减少,饮食减少与增加的粮食不安全性有显著联系.
结论:
- 调查结果强调,迫切需要采取措施,促进莫桑比克的体面工作和创造就业机会.
- 涉及政府,私营部门和国际机构的综合战略至关重要.
- 公共卫生政策和计划必须考虑这些驱动因素,以有效打击家庭粮食不安全和营养不良.
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