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ArticlePublic health nutrition2022

Between the city and the farm: food environments in artisanal mining communities in Upper Guinea.

Stella Nordhagen, Mohamed L Fofana, Alpha O Barry, Sadio Diallo, Joseph L Songbono, Ronald Stokes-Walters, Laetitia X Zhang, Rolf Klemm, Peter J Winch

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Stella NordhagenGlobal Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Rue Varembé 7, Geneva1202, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-3801-3769
Mohamed L FofanaHelen Keller International Guinea, Landreah, Dixinn Corniche, Conakry, Guinea.
Alpha O BarryJulius Nyerere University of Kankan, Kankan, Guinea.
Sadio DialloJulius Nyerere University of Kankan, Kankan, Guinea.
Joseph L SongbonoJulius Nyerere University of Kankan, Kankan, Guinea.
Ronald Stokes-WaltersDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Laetitia X ZhangDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Rolf KlemmHelen Keller International, Washington, DC, USA.
Peter J WinchDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8569-5507

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Abstract

objectiveArtisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a widespread livelihood in low- and middle-income countries; however, many in ASM communities face high levels of poverty and malnutrition. The food environments in ASM communities have non-agricultural rural characteristics that differ from those in urban and agricultural rural areas examined in much existing food environment literature.

designWe examine these complex external and personal food environments in ASM communities via a study using qualitative and quantitative methods. Market surveys and a cross-sectional household survey, plus qualitative mining site non-participant observations and in-depth structured interviews, were conducted in three waves.

settingEighteen study sites in ASM communities in northern Guinea.

participantsSurveys covered mothers in mining households with young children (n 613); in-depth interviews engaged caregivers of young children (n 45), food vendors (n 40) and young single miners (n 15); observations focused on mothers of young children (n 25).

resultsThe external food environment in these ASM communities combines widespread availability of commercially processed and staple-heavy foods with lower availability and higher prices for more nutritious, non-staple foods. Within the personal food environment, miners are constrained in their food choices by considerable variability in daily cash income and limited time for acquisition and preparation.

conclusionsWe demonstrate that ASM communities have characteristics of both urban and rural populations and argue for greater nuance and appreciation of complexity in food environment research and resultant policy and programming.

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Food SupplyMiningChildChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesFarmsGuineaHumansRural PopulationArtisanal miningFood choiceFood environmentGuineaRural householdsWest Africa

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PMCPMC8883781

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