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Food Insecurity Status and Associated Factors among Rural Households in North-East of Iran
BACKGROUND: To assess the prevalence of food insecurity and associated factors among rural households in north-east of Iran. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, a total of 4647 rural households (18,061 persons) were studied in Neyshabur, a city in north-east of Iran. The Iranian version of the S...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3793482/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24130942 |
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author | Gholami, Ali Sani, Tayebeh Rezaei Askari, Mina Jahromi, Zahra Moosavi Dehghan, Azizallah |
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description | BACKGROUND: To assess the prevalence of food insecurity and associated factors among rural households in north-east of Iran. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, a total of 4647 rural households (18,061 persons) were studied in Neyshabur, a city in north-east of Iran. The Iranian version of the Six-Item Short questionnaire of Household Food Security Scale was used to measure food insecurity. Logistic regression model was used to estimate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). RESULTS: Total prevalence of food insecurity in this study was 40.9% (95% CI 39.49-42.31). Backward Multivariate Logistic Regression model showed that OR of food insecurity increased with: The presence of chronic disease in household in comparison the absence (OR = 2.02), the rural distance >30 km from the city in comparison the distance ≤30 km (OR = 1.41), the presence of smoker in household in comparison the absence (OR = 1.8), the residential infrastructure of household ≤50 m(2) in comparison the >50 m(2) (OR = 1.57), the presence of single parent in comparison the presence of both parents at home (OR = 1.38) and the household income (per month) <4,000,000 Rial in comparison the ≥4,000,000 Rial (OR = 3.91). But OR of food insecurity decreased with having a car in family in comparison not having (OR = 0.54) and the family having a house in comparison not having (OR = 0.61). CONCLUSIONS: According to results of this study, food insecurity is prevalent among rural households of Neyshabur, so it is an important public health problem in this region. |
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spelling | pubmed-37934822013-10-15 Food Insecurity Status and Associated Factors among Rural Households in North-East of Iran Gholami, Ali Sani, Tayebeh Rezaei Askari, Mina Jahromi, Zahra Moosavi Dehghan, Azizallah Int J Prev Med Original Article BACKGROUND: To assess the prevalence of food insecurity and associated factors among rural households in north-east of Iran. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, a total of 4647 rural households (18,061 persons) were studied in Neyshabur, a city in north-east of Iran. The Iranian version of the Six-Item Short questionnaire of Household Food Security Scale was used to measure food insecurity. Logistic regression model was used to estimate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). RESULTS: Total prevalence of food insecurity in this study was 40.9% (95% CI 39.49-42.31). Backward Multivariate Logistic Regression model showed that OR of food insecurity increased with: The presence of chronic disease in household in comparison the absence (OR = 2.02), the rural distance >30 km from the city in comparison the distance ≤30 km (OR = 1.41), the presence of smoker in household in comparison the absence (OR = 1.8), the residential infrastructure of household ≤50 m(2) in comparison the >50 m(2) (OR = 1.57), the presence of single parent in comparison the presence of both parents at home (OR = 1.38) and the household income (per month) <4,000,000 Rial in comparison the ≥4,000,000 Rial (OR = 3.91). But OR of food insecurity decreased with having a car in family in comparison not having (OR = 0.54) and the family having a house in comparison not having (OR = 0.61). CONCLUSIONS: According to results of this study, food insecurity is prevalent among rural households of Neyshabur, so it is an important public health problem in this region. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3793482/ /pubmed/24130942 Text en Copyright: © International Journal of Preventive Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Gholami, Ali Sani, Tayebeh Rezaei Askari, Mina Jahromi, Zahra Moosavi Dehghan, Azizallah Food Insecurity Status and Associated Factors among Rural Households in North-East of Iran |
title | Food Insecurity Status and Associated Factors among Rural Households in North-East of Iran |
title_full | Food Insecurity Status and Associated Factors among Rural Households in North-East of Iran |
title_fullStr | Food Insecurity Status and Associated Factors among Rural Households in North-East of Iran |
title_full_unstemmed | Food Insecurity Status and Associated Factors among Rural Households in North-East of Iran |
title_short | Food Insecurity Status and Associated Factors among Rural Households in North-East of Iran |
title_sort | food insecurity status and associated factors among rural households in north-east of iran |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3793482/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24130942 |
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