Altered social cohesion and adverse psychological experiences with chronic food insecurity in the non-market economy and complex households of Burkina Faso

Nanama, Simeon; Frongillo, Edward A.

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.009

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“…This could be important in context of whether and how households and individuals make substitutions of less preferred foods in the face of constrained access, or access foods in socially acceptable ways, both of which could have implications for health (including mental health) outcomes. The newer, experience-based measures reflect the growing recognition that food itself is often heavy with meaning, and how foods are acquired, what foods are consumed, how they are consumed, when they are consumed and with whom they are consumed are important elements of one's experience of food security or insecurity (Hamelin et al, 2002;Weaver and Hadley, 2009;Nanama and Frongillo, 2011; for more on the health implications of failing to achieve one's cultural models, see Dressler, 2005). Experience-based measures of food insecurity are, of course, not without their problems, chief among these are, first, the degree to which food insecurity can be captured by a single set of questions and, second, the extent to which similar scales work in comparable ways in different contexts.…”

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“…Further, because of the social value attached to food and commensal eating, coping with food insecurity may generate feelings of shame, isolation, and anxiety and low mood (Hamelin et al, 2002;Weaver and Hadley, 2009;Nanama and Frongillo, 2011); these may in turn impact on health behaviors with implications for individual wellbeing. Future work on food insecurity and health outcomes would benefit immensely from a strong foundation in the ethnography of coping in a particular setting, and then using that information to generate directional hypotheses about how coping might impact on health outcomes.…”

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Coping and the biosocial consequences of food insecurity in the 21st century

Hadley

Crooks

2012

American J Phys Anthropol

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Food security occurs when all members of a household have reliable access to food in sufficient quantity and quality to maintain an active and healthy lifestyle. Given the important biological and social value of food for humans, food and food sufficiency have been traditional topics of study among biological anthropologists. The focus on food insecurity, however, has emerged within the past two decades and recent global events, including the food crisis of 2007/2008, have led to renewed interests in the topic of food insecurity and wellbeing. Here, we review current and novel threats to food security, current thinking on measurement and definitions, and then outline a model that links food insecurity to coping strategies and then to health outcomes. We suggest that coping strategies are typically context-specific and can be food and nonfood based. We further suggest that coping strategies may impact health quite broadly, not just through nutritional pathways. We then review available data on the relationship between food insecurity and nutritional status, chronic diseases, infectious diseases, and mental health. Our review highlights the far reaching consequences of food insecurity for human wellbeing but also the considerable variability in its effect and our limited empirical knowledge of the pathways through which food insecurity impacts health. We conclude by offering thoughts on how biological anthropologists might contribute to growing our understanding of food insecurity and human health and wellbeing. Yrbk Phys Anthropol 55:72-94, 2012. V

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Coping and the biosocial consequences of food insecurity in the 21st century

Hadley

Crooks

2012

American J Phys Anthropol

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“…Children experience cognitive, emotional, and phys-ical awareness of FI, participate in parental management strategies, and initiate their own strategies to manage FI and generate resources (19). Second, not all individuals in a household may have the same experience of FI, depending on the intra-household allocation of resources and possibly other factors (9,20,21). FI reported at the household level exceeded that reported by adolescents at the individual level in Ethiopia (22).…”

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Children Live, Feel, and Respond to Experiences of Food Insecurity That Compromise Their Development and Weight Status in Peri-Urban Venezuela,

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Frongillo

Herrera

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The Journal of Nutrition

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Children's experiences of food insecurity (FI) may be conceptually distinct and different from those of adults. Previous study of children's experiences of FI has relied primarily on their parents' perspective. This study explored, described, and conceptualized experiences of FI in children attending 5 public schools in peri-urban areas of the Miranda State, Venezuela, South America using a naturalistic approach. Children aged 10-17 y were studied through focus groups (n = 42) and individual interviews (n = 13). Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using grounded theory. Children were cognitively aware of FI, worry in their parents, and causes both external and internal to their households. Children were also emotionally aware of FI, with feelings of concern, anguish, and sadness, and manifestations such as crying. Children reported being physically hungry, experiencing reduced quantity and quality of food intake, having smaller meals, and recognizing thinness and fainting as consequences. Children's responses to FI included reduction of quality and quantity of food, child labor, sacrifice in food consumption, food from waste, support from extended family members, and strategies for purchasing, acquiring, preparing, and cooking food. Children were not always protected, especially when the head of the family was unemployed, had drug-alcohol problems, or was extremely poor. Protection could come from parents to children and from older children to parents and younger children. Children should have certain access to food that is dignified, timely, efficient, and adequate in harmonious social conditions to prevent and resolve situations that compromise their physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional well-being.

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“…When a large proportion of respondents stack on the Bfood secure^end, the scale may be unable to differentiate between food secure households and those with mild food insecurity. Respondents may also underreport experiences of food insecurity in sensitive socio-cultural contexts (Nanama and Frongillo 2012) and/or under well-adapted chronic food deprivation (i.e., they no longer perceive the problem) (Na et al 2015). Researchers should bear in mind the subjective nature of perceptionbased scales and be aware of potential bias when using them.…”

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Internal validity of the Food Access Survey Tool in assessing household food insecurity in rural Zambia

Gross

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Food Sec.

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We assessed the internal validity of the Food Access Survey Tool (FAST) using data from households (n = 907) enrolled in an efficacy trial of biofortified maize in rural Zambia. This scale assesses food insecurity over a 6-month recall period. A Rasch partial credit model was used to evaluate item performance. Unidimensionality was assessed by principal component analysis, monotonicity was assessed by non-parametric methods, and differential item functioning (DIF) by several characteristics was assessed by cumulative ordinal logistic regression models. One item (frequency of consuming three square meals) did not fit the partial credit model. The remaining eight items fit in a primary single statistical dimension and item category severity increased monotonically with increasing severity of food insecurity. We identified statistically significant DIF in three subgroup comparisons, but effect sizes of total DIF were considered practically insignificant (<2 %). After excluding the item on Bsquare meals,^the FAST serves as an internally valid tool to measure household food insecurity in rural Zambia.

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Altered social cohesion and adverse psychological experiences with chronic food insecurity in the non-market economy and complex households of Burkina Faso

Cited by 77 publications

References 44 publications

Coping and the biosocial consequences of food insecurity in the 21st century

Coping and the biosocial consequences of food insecurity in the 21st century

Children Live, Feel, and Respond to Experiences of Food Insecurity That Compromise Their Development and Weight Status in Peri-Urban Venezuela,

Internal validity of the Food Access Survey Tool in assessing household food insecurity in rural Zambia

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