Gabriel Bulgach1, Fernando Vázquez Peña2, Carolina Carrara3, Karin Kopitowski4. 1. FSOC-UBA. Argentina. gbulgach@gmail.com. 2. Servicio de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Argentina. fernandoramon.vazquez@hospitalitaliano.org.ar. 3. Servicio de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires. carolina.carrara@hospitalitaliano.org.ar. 4. Servicio de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Argentina. karin.kopitowski@hospitalitaliano.org.ar.
Abstract
Introduction: Last years, food insecurity is a raising problem in Argentina and is a key indicator of population health. The principal aim of this study was to determine food insecurity prevalence in a population of Buenos Aires suburbs, considering as secondary objectives: 1) to evaluate associated variables with food insecurity; 2) to perform provisional statistical validation of the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES). Methods: It was conducted a descriptive, cross-sectional research study was conducted. Check the FIES survey in people over 15 years of age in the Barrio Santa María in Bajo Boulogne, San Isidro district, Buenos Aires. A probabilistic sampling was carried out. The data will be analyzed following the Rasch model proposed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Results: 222 people were interviewed, finding a prevalence of moderate / severe food insecurity of 47.29% and severe of 6.57%. We found an independent association with a female head of household OR 2.22; (95%CI 1.27 to 3.87) and having more than 4 cohabitants in the home OR 2.24; (95%CI 1.25 to 4.02). The provisional validation of the FIES survey was carried out in our sample through the testing of the Rasch model assumptions. Conclusion: food insecurity is a problem present in our population. It was carried out the validation of an instrument to measure it, easy to apply and that allows valid comparisons between local and international measurements. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba.
Introduction: Last years, food insecurity is a raising problem in Argentina and is a key indicator of population health. The principal aim of this study was to determine food insecurity prevalence in a population of Buenos Aires suburbs, considering as secondary objectives: 1) to evaluate associated variables with food insecurity; 2) to perform provisional statistical validation of the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES). Methods: It was conducted a descriptive, cross-sectional research study was conducted. Check the FIES survey in people over 15 years of age in the Barrio Santa María in Bajo Boulogne, San Isidro district, Buenos Aires. A probabilistic sampling was carried out. The data will be analyzed following the Rasch model proposed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Results: 222 people were interviewed, finding a prevalence of moderate / severe food insecurity of 47.29% and severe of 6.57%. We found an independent association with a female head of household OR 2.22; (95%CI 1.27 to 3.87) and having more than 4 cohabitants in the home OR 2.24; (95%CI 1.25 to 4.02). The provisional validation of the FIES survey was carried out in our sample through the testing of the Rasch model assumptions. Conclusion: food insecurity is a problem present in our population. It was carried out the validation of an instrument to measure it, easy to apply and that allows valid comparisons between local and international measurements. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba.
Authors: Narithania S Costa; Mayara O Santos; Cícero Péricles O Carvalho; Monica L Assunção; Haroldo S Ferreira Journal: Curr Dev Nutr Date: 2017-09-07