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0000-0002-7471-4642
Current Organisation
Ho Chi Minh City Public Health Institution
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Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 18-04-2023
DOI: 10.1177/10105395231166544
Abstract: Healthy, erse diets are vital for life. In low/middle-income countries, however, the focus is more on food quantity rather than diet quality. This study assessed household diet ersity (HDD) in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta and its associations with household food insecurity (HFI) and household food availability (HFA) controlling for socioeconomic factors. Primary food-preparers in 552 randomly selected households in two rural provinces were interviewed about socioeconomic factors, HDD, HFI, and HFA. More than 80% of households predominantly consumed energy-dense foods, whereas less than 20% consumed nutrient-dense foods. Lower HDD was associated with HFI, lower HFA, for the Khmer ethnic minority, and low livelihood capitals (landlessness, low expenditure, debt) and low utensil scores. The study highlighted the need to provide improved food and nutrition policies that increase availability and access to erse and healthy foods as well as reduce poverty and increase incomes for at-risk rural and ethnic minority groups.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 21-06-2022
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 08-03-2015
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 05-05-2022
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0267344
Abstract: Household food insecurity and inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) contribute to ill health. However, the interactions between household food insecurity, WASH and health have been rarely assessed concurrently. This study investigated compounded impacts of household food insecurity and WASH on self-reported physical and mental health of adults in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. This cross-sectional survey interviewed 552 households in one northern and one southern province of the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. The survey incorporated previously validated tools such as the Short Form 12-item Health Survey, Household Food Insecurity Assessment Scale, and the Access and Behavioural Outcome Indicators for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene. Physical and mental health were quantified using the physical health composite score (PCS) and mental health composite score (MCS), respectively. These measures were the dependent variables of interest for this study. Statistical analysis revealed that household food insecurity and using litres of water per person per day (pppd) were independently associated with lower PCS (p .05), after adjusting for socio-economic confounders. Household food insecurity and lack of food availability, using litres of water pppd, and the use of untreated drinking water were associated with lower MCS (p .05), with water usage being an effect modifier of the relationship between household food insecurity and MCS. The results indicate that being food insecure and having limited potable quality water had a compounding effect on MCS, compared to being in idually either food insecure or having limited water. This study is one of only a few that have established a link between potable water availability, food insecurity and poorer physical and mental health. The results also indicate a need to validate national data with fine-scale investigations in less populous regions to evaluate national initiatives with local populations that may be at higher risk. Adopting joint dual-action policies for interventions that simultaneously address water and food insecurity should result in larger improvements in health, particularly mental health, compared to targeting either food or water insecurity in isolation.
Start Date: 2011
End Date: 2012
Funder: The Australian Government
View Funded ActivityStart Date: 2016
End Date: 2019
Funder: Queensland University of Technology
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