调整营养指数中的妇女赋权:肯尼亚的教训
Erin Lentz1, Nathan Jensen2, Watson Lepariyo3
1Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, United States.
概括
妇女在营养赋权指数 (WENI) 是衡量妇女营养状况的有效工具,可以适应不同的环境. 它与妇女健康和家庭粮食安全有着强烈的关联.
科学领域:
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 全球健康 全球健康
背景情况:
- 妇女不成比例地遭受营养不良和粮食不安全.
- 赋予妇女权力是缓解营养挑战的关键因素.
- 现有的妇女赋权措施需要既敏感于环境,又普遍适用.
研究的目的:
- 验证肯尼亚农牧牧区的营养指数 (WENI) 的女性赋权.
- 评估WENI在南亚以外的普遍性.
- 评估索引的缩写 (A-WENI) 和跨语境 (CC-WENI) 版本的表现.
主要方法:
- 该研究验证了肯尼亚的WENI,将其有效性与更短的变异进行了比较.
- 机器学习被用来开发特定环境的A-WENI.
- 为了更广泛的适用性,CC-WENI在没有特定上下文指标的情况下开发.
主要成果:
- 温尼可以将其推广到肯尼亚等多样化的环境中,显示出与女性体重指数,饮食多样性和家庭粮食不安全性有很强的关联.
- 无论是A-WENI还是CC-WENI,都表现出与完整的WENI相当的性能,但需要特别考虑.
- 语境化WENI显示了与营养和粮食安全结果的重要联系.
结论:
- 维尼是评估不同文化和生计背景下的妇女营养赋权的有效和可通用的工具.
- 建议使用适应的WENI进行深入分析,使用CC-WENI进行跨文本比较,使用A-WENI进行快速评估.
- 赋予妇女权力对于改善营养状况和减少粮食不安全至关重要.
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