Universal food security program and nutritional intake: Evidence from the hunger prone KBK districts in Odisha

Rahman, Andaleeb

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.07.003

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“…Tackling food insecurity is the first step towards improving diets and, in this regard, it is heartening that India's National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 seeks to cover up to 75 per cent of rural and 50 per cent of the rural and urban population respectively under the PDS. In a recent contribution, Rahman () establishes a robust link between consumption of subsidized food grains from PDS and nutrient intake. He argues that that the savings resulting from purchases at PDS shops where prices are lower as compared to open market prices could be spent by households on nutritious foods.…”

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Household food insecurity and children's dietary diversity and nutrition in India. Evidence from the comprehensive nutrition survey in Maharashtra

Chandrasekhar

Aguayo

Krishna

et al. 2017

Maternal & Child Nutrition

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We analyse data from the 2012 Comprehensive Nutrition Survey in the State of Maharashtra, India, which surveyed 2,630 households. This is a unique dataset because in addition to nutritional status of mothers and children, it has information on diets of women and children and household food security. This rich dataset allows us to address three issues: whether household food security predicts higher diet diversity in children aged 6-23 months; whether household food security predicts lower risk of undernutrition; and whether the lower risk of undernutrition in children who live in food secure households is mediated by improved diet diversity for children.We find that children from moderately food insecure and severely food insecure households are more likely to have lower diet diversity scores. We find that the odds of a child being severely stunted, severely underweight, or severely wasted are higher in severely food insecure households. After controlling for children's diet diversity, and other child, maternal and household characteristics, we find that household food security is no longer statistically associated with stunting, wasting, or underweight. However, diet diversity of children is statistically significantly associated with whether a child is stunted or underweight. Our results although not causal provide evidence for understanding the extent to which household food insecurity affects children's diet diversity and how both these factors affect nutrition outcomes in children. Our analysis informs Government of Maharashtra's and India's National Nutrition Mission in their efforts for formulating appropriate policies and programmes to address child undernutrition.

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Household food insecurity and children's dietary diversity and nutrition in India. Evidence from the comprehensive nutrition survey in Maharashtra

Chandrasekhar

Aguayo

Krishna

et al. 2017

Maternal & Child Nutrition

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“…the districts of Angul, Bargarh, Balesore, Cuttack, Deogarh, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Ganjam, Khordha, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda, Puri, Sambalpur, Jagatsingpur, Keonjhar, Sundergarh, Kendrapara, Mayurbhanj and Nayagarh). The 11 KBK + south districts are largely populous with indigenous communities (namely 'adivasis' and/ or tribal), interior of the district is mountainous, have historically deprived economy and poor health indicators, poor access to transport facilities that hinders health care delivery and extremely food insecure than non KBK + districts 19 . The availability of nurses in the state is also very low.…”

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Examining the relationship between living conditions, work environment and intent to stay among nurses in current posts in rural areas of Odisha state, India

Behera

Prutipinyo

2020

Bangladesh J Med Sci

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Objectives : The scarcity of nursing workforce in rural and underserved areas are key challenges for healthcare systems across the countries. Such inequities have not only impede quality care but also an impact to population health outcomes especially in developing countries. An understanding about nurses’ retention and attrition are crucial to inform policy and decision makers for improved rural retention among nursing workforce. The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between living conditions, work environment and intent to stay in current posts of work; and the associated factors influencing intent to stay in current posts of work among nurses in rural areas of Odisha state, India. Methods : A cross sectional survey was conducted among 232 nurses from October 2016 to February 2017. Multistage sampling technique was used to select the study subjects from rural hospitals. Data were collected using structured self-administered questionnaires. Descriptive statistics were computed to summarize the basic characteristics of study sample. Logistic regression model was fitted and odds ratio with 95% of confidence interval was calculated to identify associated factors Results: The proportion of a nurse’s intent to stay and continue working in rural areas for next 3 years was 73.7%. There was a positive correlation between intention to stay with the living conditions and work environment. Logistic regression shown that age (OR=0.95, 95% CI = 0.89 - 0.98, P = 0.047), living conditions (OR = 1.13, 95% CI = 1.04 - 1.22, P=0.009) and work environment (OR = 1.07, 95% CI = 1.01 – 1.14, P = 0.015) were the significant predictors that are associated with intent to stay in rural areas among the nursing profession. Conclusion - Improving living conditions and creating a culture of supportive work environment among the nursing community in rural areas can create increased retention in the workforce. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.19(3) 2020 p.527-536

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“…Evaluations of the MDMS has shown its effectiveness in reducing undernutrition of school-aged children, especially from families who suffered from shocks such as droughts (Singh, Park, & Dercon, 2013). Rahman (2016) and Kishore and Chakrabarti (2015) have linked universal access to the PDS with greater household diet diversity. However, in a study by Kaushal and Muchomba (2015), the author found that PDS access may not have a clear impact on nutrition outcomes.…”

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The Nutrition Transformation: From Undernutrition to Obesity

Pingali

Aiyar

Abraham

et al. 2019

Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India

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As structural transformation changes countries from subsistence agriculture economies to modernized economies, countries undergo a nutrition-related transition 1 (Griffiths & Bentley, 2001). High rates of undernutrition 2 come down and population health improves. However, even as undernutrition decreases, experiences of some countries in the recent past have shown that obesity rates may increase due to overnutrition 3 and this can decrease overall gains made to health during the 1 In the previous chapter, we use the definition of the nutrition transition as described in Popkin (1997), which refers to the dietary transformation that are related to ST. In this chapter the nutrition transformation refers to the changing burden of nutrition-related health problems that constitute the triple burden of malnutrition-we build on the Griffiths and Bentley (2001) conceptualization here. 2 At its broadest level, undernourished individuals are those who do not have access to one or more essential nutrients in their diets. Being undernourished, represented by individuals who are either underweight (too thin for their age), wasted (too thin for their height and age) or stunted (too short for their age) compared to a well-nourished reference population, is one type of undernourishment. Another type of undernourishment is called hidden hunger. This manifests itself as deficiencies of essential micronutrients such as vitamins or minerals in the human body. 3 Over-nourished individuals, on the other hand, are those who consume an excess of a particular macronutrient-calories in particular. This condition is represented by overweight and obesity outcomes which are determined by the age, gender, height and weight of the individual in relation to a similar well-nourished group.

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Universal food security program and nutritional intake: Evidence from the hunger prone KBK districts in Odisha

Cited by 50 publications

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Household food insecurity and children's dietary diversity and nutrition in India. Evidence from the comprehensive nutrition survey in Maharashtra

Household food insecurity and children's dietary diversity and nutrition in India. Evidence from the comprehensive nutrition survey in Maharashtra

Examining the relationship between living conditions, work environment and intent to stay among nurses in current posts in rural areas of Odisha state, India

The Nutrition Transformation: From Undernutrition to Obesity

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