Household food insecurity and associated factors among postpartum women in southern Ethiopia: a community based cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT: Approximately two billion individuals, or 26.4% of the global population, live in moderate- to severely food-insecure circumstances. It was discovered that not receiving all recommended antenatal care throughout one's pregnancy is one of the effects of household insecurity. The majority of women in Ethiopia, one of the most food-insecure countries in the world, with 10% of the population facing food poverty, devote more of their time to household duties, making food insecurity in the home the primary effect of poor prenatal care utilization. The main objective this study was to assess the status of household food insecurity among postpartum women at Arba Minch town, southern Ethiopia. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 381 mothers who were enrolled from December 1,

SUBMITTER: Dinagde DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10874939 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature