Socio-economic status and hunger among orphans and vulnerable children households in Lagos State, Nigeria
| Autor: | Yussuf Bidemi, Elijah A. Bamgboye, Tayo Odusote, Joshua O. Akinyemi, Iyabode Olusanmi, Ashaolu Gbenga, Ayo Stephen Adebowale, Oladapo A. Ladipo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male caregivers Adolescent Hunger 030231 tropical medicine Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vulnerable Nigeria medicine.disease_cause Logistic regression Vulnerable Populations Odds Food Supply 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) children Environmental health Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Child Socioeconomic status Aged Family Characteristics Food security Orphans business.industry digestive oral and skin physiology General Medicine Articles Middle Aged medicine.disease households food security Cross-Sectional Studies economy Social Class Socioeconomic Factors Local government Marital status Female business Child Orphaned |
| Zdroj: | African Health Sciences |
| ISSN: | 1729-0503 |
| Popis: | Background: HIV/AIDS has contributed to increasing orphans and vulnerable children in Nigeria. A measure of vulner- ability is household hunger. Objective: To assess level of household hunger and associated factors among OVC households in Lagos State. Methods: A cross-sectional survey of 1300 OVC households in 5 selected Local Government Areas. The LGAs were select- ed using the Household Vulnerability Assessment index. Data collection was by personal interview of households’ heads/ caregivers using a structured questionnaire capturing socio-demographic, household economic profile and food-related variables. A multivariate logit model was fitted to identify independent predictors of household hunger after adjusting for confounding variables. Results: The population density was 5.1 and 52.8% were females. A larger proportion of females (84.6%) than males (78.3%) reported that they had no food to eat in the last four weeks prior the survey. Poor household economic status (OR=1.41, CI: 1.03-1.92), age and marital status of caregiver were independent predictors of household hunger. The odds of hunger increased with caregiver’s age; higher in households headed by never married (OR=3.99, CI: 1.15-13.89) and di- vorced/separated caregivers (OR=2.39, CI: 1.11-5.12). Conclusion: OVC households experienced severe hunger. Household economic strengthening would be useful strategy to mitigate the nutrition challenges of OVC in Lagos state. Keywords: Orphans; vulnerable; children; households food security; caregivers; economy; Nigeria. |
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