Factors associated with food insecurity among pregnant women in Gedeo zone public hospitals, Southern Ethiopia.

Autor:	Areba AS; School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wachemo University, Hossana, Ethiopia., Akiso DE; School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wachemo University, Hossana, Ethiopia., Haile A; Department of Statistics, College of Natural Sciences, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia., Abire BG; Department of Statistics, College of Natural Sciences, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia., Kanno GG; School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia., Tirore LL; School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wachemo University, Hossana, Ethiopia., Abame DE; School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wachemo University, Hossana, Ethiopia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in public health [Front Public Health] 2024 Aug 08; Vol. 12, pp. 1399185. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 08 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.3389/fpubh.2024.1399185
Abstrakt:	Background: Food insecurity refers to a lack of consistent access to sufficient food for active, better health. Around two billion people worldwide suffer from food insecurity and hidden hunger. This study focuses on food insecurity and associated factors among pregnant women in Gedeo Zone Public Hospitals, Southern Ethiopia. Method: An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted among pregnant women in Gedeo zone public hospitals from May to June 2021. Primary data of 506 pregnant women were collected using interviewer-administered structured questionnaire and a multi-stage sampling technique was used to select study participants. The household food insecurity access scale of the questionnaire was used and a woman was considered as food insecure when it has any of the food insecurity conditions mild, moderate, or severe food insecure, otherwise, it was classified as food secure. Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) determined the association between various factors and outcomes. Results: Of all study participants, 67.39% of the women were food insecure, and the remaining 32.6% had food security. The pregnant women from rural areas [AOR = 0.532, 95% CI: 0.285, 0.994], married [AOR = 0.232, 95% CI: 0.072, 0.750], had a secondary education [AOR = 0.356, 95%CI: 0.154, 0.822], and be employed [AOR = 0.453, 95% CI: 0.236, 0.872], the wealth index middle [AOR = 0.441, 95% CI: 0.246, 0.793] and rich [AOR = 0.24, 95% CI: 0.128, 0.449] were factors associated with food insecurity. Conclusion: The study area had a high prevalence of food insecurity. Food insecurity was reduced in those who lived in rural areas, were married, had a secondary education, were employed, and had a wealth index of middle and rich. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2024 Areba, Akiso, Haile, Abire, Kanno, Tirore and Abame.)
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