Changes in household food security, access to health services and income in northern Lao PDR during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We assessed the relative difficulty in meeting food needs during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with before; determined the relationship between pandemic-associated difficulties in food access and household, maternal and child food security; and identified resiliency-promoting strategies.

Design

A cross-sectional survey of households undertaken in November 2020.

Setting

Rural districts of Luang Prabang Province, Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Participants

Households (N=1122) with children under 5 years.

Primary and secondary outcomes measured

Survey respondents reported the relative ease of access of food and healthcare as well as changes in income and expenditures compared with before March 2020. We determined indicators of food security a

SUBMITTER: Head JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9163008 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature