SynthesisPublic health nutrition2022
Magnitude of urban household food insecurity in East Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Risk factors for acute respiratory infection among children in Yemen: a hospital based matched case-control study.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Insights into determinants influencing food security in the IGAD region of Eastern Africa.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Epidemiology, literacy, risk factors, and clinical status of oral cancer in East Africa: A scoping review.PloS one · 2025Article
- Factors Associated with Metabolically Unhealthy Obesity and Its Relation to Food Insecurity in Korean Adults with Obesity.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Association Between Household Food Insecurity and Low Birth Weight: A Population-Based Case-Control Study.Journal of research in health sciences · 2024Article
- [Food insecurity and household water insecurity: a population-based study in a municipality in the Amazon River basin, Brazil].Cadernos de saude publica · 2024Article
- [Head of household disability can increase household food insecurity: an analysis of a Colombian population survey].Cadernos de saude publica · 2024Article
- Dietary patterns and associations with metabolic risk factors for non-communicable disease.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Prevalence of food insecurity and associated factors among households in Waliso town, Oromia, Ethiopia.BMC nutrition · 2023Article
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- Childhood socioeconomic status and adulthood dietary diversity among Indonesian adults.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Food Insecurity and Its Associated Factors Among Lactating Mothers in Yirgalem Town, South Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study.SAGE open nursingArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to determine the magnitude and determinants of urban household food insecurity in East Africa.
designSystematic review and meta-analysis.
settingStudies conducted in East Africa.
participantsSeventeen studies (fifteen cross-sectional and two cohort) that enrolled 156 996 households. We used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines to search electronic databases (PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, CINAHL, African Journals OnLine, Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar; date of last search: 10 June 2020) for studies reporting the prevalence and associated factors of urban household food insecurity.
resultsA total of 17 studies with 156 996 households from 8 countries were used for the analysis. The pooled prevalence of urban household food insecurity in East Africa was 60·91 % (95 % CI 47·72, 74·11; I2 = 100 %; P < 0·001) where the highest (91 %) and lowest (36·5 %) was observed in Sudan and Burundi, respectively. Household head educational status (illiterate) (AOR = 2·53; 95 % CI 2·11, 2·95, I2 = 90 %; P < 0·01), female as household head (AOR = 1·45; 95 % CI 1·16, 1·75; I2 = 0·0 %; P = 0·993), large family size (AOR = 1·43; 95 % CI 1·09, 1·76, I2 = 0·0 %; P = 0·863) and poorest wealth quantile (AOR = 3·95; 95 % CI 1·93, 5·98; I2 = 57·2 %, P = 0·053) were factors which significantly increased odds of urban household food insecurity in East Africa.
conclusionsThe prevalence of urban household food insecurity in East Africa remains high. Therefore, policies and intervention programmes should be designed to reduce the high burden of food insecurity among urban households considering the identified factors.
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