ArticleBMC public health2017
The effect of food insecurity on health status of adolescents in Ethiopia: longitudinal study.
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- The influence of diet quality and dietary behavior on health-related quality of life in the general population of children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2019Pooled it
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- Household food insecurity and educational outcomes in school-going adolescents in Ghana.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Food insecurity in older female mice affects food consumption, coping behaviors, and memory.PloS one · 2021Article
- Food Security and Hygiene Practice among Adolescent Girls in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Borno State, Nigeria.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Intersecting inequalities, gender and adolescent health in Ethiopia.International journal for equity in health · 2020Article
- Food insecurity, sexual risk taking, and sexual victimization in Ghanaian adolescents and young South African adults.International journal of public health · 2019Article
- Food insecurity and self-rated health in rural Nicaraguan women of reproductive age: a cross-sectional study.International journal for equity in health · 2018Article
- Coping Strategies to Mitigate Food Insecurity at Household Level: Evidence From Urban Setting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe effect of food insecurity on health and wellbeing of a population has been the subject of much research. Yet, limited research has investigated its effect on adolescents' health and wellbeing in Ethiopia.
methodWe used data from the Jimma Longitudinal Family Survey of Youth which began tracking a cohort of adolescents in 2005 to examine the social, behavioral and economic determinants of their health and well-being. A total of 1,919 sample were included in the main analyses. All youths provided data related to their food insecurity experiences and their health status. A mixed effect logistic regression using random intercept and trend model was used to examine the relationship between food insecurity and their health status. Fixed effects estimates were also computed to check the parsimoniousness of the random intercept and trend model.
resultsThe results indicated that the mean (±SD) age of adolescents was 18.6(±1.4). Nine hundred twenty three (48.1%) of them were female. The magnitude of self-rated health status was relatively unstable ranging from 18.9%, 34.7% to 37.3% in each round. Similarly, 20.4%, 48.4% and 20.6% of adolescents were food insecure during each consecutive round of the survey respectively. Exposure to food insecurity is strongly associated with self-rated health status (β = 0.28, P < 0.001) and poor self-rated health was also more pronounced for some time (β =2.11, P < 0.001) and decline after a turning point (β = -0.38, P < 0.001).
conclusionsThese findings imply that any social, nutrition and public health interventions designed to improve adolescent health should consider underlying social determinants of health such as food insecurity.
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