Household-level food insecurity and its correlates in rural Bihar: A cross-sectional study

INTRODUCTION: Bihar has experienced high nutritional public health problem among children and women over the years. In this background, this study was planned to find the level of food insecurity and identify contributing factors in rural Bihar. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We conducted community-based cro...

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Autores principales: Naik, Bijaya N., Verma, Manisha, Rao, Rajath U. R., Nirala, Santosh K., Singh, Chandramani, Pandey, Sanjay, Ranjan, Alok, Kumar, Pragya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10657071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38024939
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2300_22
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Bihar has experienced high nutritional public health problem among children and women over the years. In this background, this study was planned to find the level of food insecurity and identify contributing factors in rural Bihar. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We conducted community-based cross-sectional study among 255 families residing in villages catered by RHTC, Naubatpur. A pretested semi-structured interview schedule and HFIAS were used. RESULT: A total of 27.8% of the 255 households were food insecure, of which 73.3% were severely food insecure. Kutcha houses, dispossession of agricultural land, and lower SES were found to be predictors. CONCLUSION: Around one in three families experienced food insecurity, and it was more among families residing in kutcha houses, without possession of agricultural land and belonging to lower socioeconomic status.

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