Food Insecurity and Affecting Factors in Households With Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study
  
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Doç. Dr. Gizem Deniz BÜYÜKSOY Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Aslıhan Çatıker Ordu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Kamuran Özdil Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness (Q3)
Dergi ISSN 1935-7893 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SSCI
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 12-2022
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 16 / 6 / 2528–2533 DOI 10.1017/dmp.2021.172
Makale Linki https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/DEC2E6A92D8207B95DE403B1231D1A36/S1935789321001725a.pdf/div-class-title-food-insecurity-and-affecting-factors-in-households-with-children-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-a-cross-sec
Özet
AbstractObjective:The aim of this study was to examine the incidence of food insecurity and affecting factors in households with children in Turkey during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.Methods:This is a cross-sectional study. The participants were recruited by the snowball sampling method, and the data were collected by means of a link sent to their smartphones through their social media accounts. This study included 211 households with at least 1 child.Results:The study revealed that 21.8% households had food insecurity that was not at the hunger threshold. The monthly income of 80.6% of the households was below the poverty line and monthly income decreased in more than half of the households during the pandemic. Food insecurity increased 2.5 times when the households comprised workers or self-employed individuals (odds ratio [OR] = 2.529; P = 0.002), increased 3 times when the monthly income of the households decreased (OR = 3.131; P = 0.000), and increased 2 times when total monthly income of the household fell below poverty line during the pandemic (OR = 2.001; P = 0.049).Conclusions:It is determined that nearly half the households have food insecurity and that the pandemic poses a risk in terms of food security. We recommend that public health studies should be planned to ensure accessibility to healthy foods.
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