2017
DOI: 10.1155/2017/6373595
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Household Food Insecurity and Its Association with Nutritional Status of Children 6–59 Months of Age in East Badawacho District, South Ethiopia

Abstract: Background. Ethiopia has one of the highest child malnutrition rates in the world. Food insecurity is one of the determinant factors of malnutrition in developing countries; however its role remains unclear. Objective. To assess household food insecurity and its association with the nutritional status of children 6–59 months of age in East Badawacho District, South Ethiopia. Methods. A community based cross-sectional study was conducted from February 20 to 30, 2014 on a sample of 508 mother/child pairs of 6–59… Show more

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“…Hasil penelitian ini sejalan dengan penelitian Jayarni (2018) bahwa status ketahanan pangan rumah tangga berhubungan dengan stunting (p-value = 0,045<α) 30 . Sementara di Ethiopia Selatan, rumah tangga yang mengalami kerawanan pangan berisiko 6,7 lebih besar mempunyai anak stunting 31 . Kekurangan dalam penelitian ini adalah tidak melakukan pengambilan data salah satu aspek ketahanan pangan meliputi ketersediaan pangan karena keterbatasan waktu yang tersedia.…”
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“…Hasil penelitian ini sejalan dengan penelitian Jayarni (2018) bahwa status ketahanan pangan rumah tangga berhubungan dengan stunting (p-value = 0,045<α) 30 . Sementara di Ethiopia Selatan, rumah tangga yang mengalami kerawanan pangan berisiko 6,7 lebih besar mempunyai anak stunting 31 . Kekurangan dalam penelitian ini adalah tidak melakukan pengambilan data salah satu aspek ketahanan pangan meliputi ketersediaan pangan karena keterbatasan waktu yang tersedia.…”
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“…HFI also adversely affects child wellbeing. Children from food insecure homes are more likely to suffer from stunting, underweight, and wasting [7][8][9][22][23][24][25]. In rural Indonesia, HFI was correlated with higher neonatal, infant and under-five child mortality [26].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This finding was in line with the findings of the studies in southern Ethiopia (47,48). The positive association between experiencing any level of household food insecurity and do not receiving of BCG vaccine and vitamin A supplementation may be explained by the fact that those households with children who do not receive BCG and vitamin A may likely experience childhood illness which intern has direct relationship on household food insecurity by reducing food expenditure and increase health care costs which have direct effect on household food insecurity (40,49).…”
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confidence: 99%