Hunger in French Guiana's Vulnerable Urban Neighborhoods: A Neglected Consequence of COVID-19.

Autor:	Basurko C; Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane, CIC INSERM 1424, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana., Dupart O; Permanence d'accès aux soins de santé, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana., Savy M; MoISA, Université de Montpellier, Cirad, Ciheam-IAMM, Inrae, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France., Obert-Marby C; Permanence d'accès aux soins de santé, Centre Hospitalier de l'ouest Guyanais, Saint Laurent du Maroni, French Guiana., Mvogo A; Permanence d'accès aux soins de santé, Centre Hospitalier de l'ouest Guyanais, Saint Laurent du Maroni, French Guiana., Gonzalez A; Croix Rouge Française, Cayenne, French Guiana., Trepont A; Médecins du Monde, Cayenne, French Guiana., Cann L; Médecins du Monde, Cayenne, French Guiana., Boceno C; Permanence d'accès aux soins de santé, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana., Osei L; Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane, CIC INSERM 1424, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana.; Service de pédiatrie, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana., Creton PM; Croix Rouge Française, Cayenne, French Guiana., Dufit V; Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane, CIC INSERM 1424, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana., Thelusme L; Unité transversale de nutrition, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana., Adenis A; Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane, CIC INSERM 1424, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana., Van-Melle A; Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane, CIC INSERM 1424, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana., Huber F; Croix Rouge Française, Cayenne, French Guiana., Nacher M; Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane, CIC INSERM 1424, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Food and nutrition bulletin [Food Nutr Bull] 2023 Mar; Vol. 44 (1), pp. 3-11. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 23.
DOI:	10.1177/03795721231156641
Abstrakt:	Background: In French Guiana, restrictions to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2 were put in place between March 2020 and March 2022. In vulnerable urban neighborhoods, during this period, requests for food assistance increased and fear of hunger overtook fear of being affected by COVID-19. Objective: The objective of this survey was to describe food security during the COVID-19 pandemic in French Guiana and to study the relationship between the socioeconomic conditions of the study households and household hunger. Methods: A multicenter survey was therefore conducted in mobile clinics and fixed structures providing care to at-risk urban populations. In a face-to-face interview, a community health worker asked participants questions about the sociodemographic and economic profile of the household, and about household food security (food consumption score, coping strategies in the face of food shortages, and household hunger index). Two hundred seventy-seven households were recruited in February 2021. Results: According to the household hunger scale, 42.6% of households experienced moderate hunger and 23.8% of households experienced severe hunger in the month preceding the survey. Lack of residence permit, lack of social support, water insecurity, small housing, and lack of access to an urban garden were determinants related to the risk of household hunger. Conclusions: Food insecurity has affected a large majority of the households in this survey, and the immediate consequences for children's health were already apparent. These results draw attention to a neglected health problem in a socioeconomically vulnerable population during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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