The Experience of Household Food Insecurity among Elderly
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: Food insecurity has been associated with a wide array of negative health outcomes both among the young and old. Objective: to compare food insecurity status as measured by the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) amongst older adults living in rural & urban areas. Patients and methods: A cross-sectional comparative study. This study include a sample of 240 elderly persons (aged 60 years and above) at selected rural and urban households residing in Babylon governorate, urban (n=125) and rural (n=155) was recruited. Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) was used to assess food insecurity. Results: From all participants 42% reported history of food security compared to 58% reported food insecurity , 40% of total participant had mild food insecurity, 15% moderate food insecurity and 3% sever food insecurity by HFIAS ,significant difference in food insecurity between urban and rural areas regarding gender, occupational status, educational level, housing size, housing turners and per-capita monthly expenditure. Conclusion: Household elderly food insecurity was higher among urban area than in rural area. . Many risk factors attributed to food insecurity, age 60-74, male gender in urban area and female gender in rural area, un-employment, low educational level, large housing size ,ranting houses and low per capita monthly expenditure
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Hadeel Fadhil Farhood
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