ArticleInternational journal for equity in health2018
Food insecurity and self-rated health in rural Nicaraguan women of reproductive age: a cross-sectional study.
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- Associations between dietary diversity and self-rated health in a transverse study of four local food systems (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Portugal and Senegal).BMC public health · 2025Article
- The influence of social mobility perception and expectation on residents' health: the role of subjective well-being and physical exercise.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The Effect of Physical and Mental Health and Health Behavior on the Self-Rated Health of Pregnant Women.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Influence of Psychosocial Variables on the Health of People Living in Housing Exclusion.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Predicting poverty. Data mining approaches to the health and demographic surveillance system in Cuatro Santos, Nicaragua.International journal for equity in health · 2019Article
- Assessing the Multiple Dimensions of Poverty. Data Mining Approaches to the 2004-14 Health and Demographic Surveillance System in Cuatro Santos, Nicaragua.Frontiers in public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundAccess to food is a basic necessity, and food insecurity may impair the individual's well-being and health. Self-rated health measurements have frequently been used to assess population health. Little is known, however, as to whether food security is associated with self-rated health in low- and middle-income settings. This study aims at analyzing the association between food security and self-rated health among non-pregnant women of reproductive age in a rural Nicaraguan setting.
methodsData was taken from the 2014 update of a health and demographic surveillance system in the municipalities of Los Cuatro Santos in northwestern Nicaragua. Fieldworkers interviewed women about their self-rated health using a 5-point Likert scale. Food insecurity was assessed by the household food insecurity access (HFIAS) scale. A multilevel Poisson random-intercept model was used to calculate the prevalence ratio.
resultsThe survey included 5866 women. In total, 89% were food insecure, and 48% had poor self-rated health. Food insecurity was associated with poor self-rated health, and remained so after adjustment for potential confounders and accounting for community dependency.
conclusionIn this Nicaraguan resource-limited setting, there was an association between food insecurity and poor self-rated health. Food insecurity is a facet of poverty and measures an important missing capability directly related to health.
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