Magnitude of urban household food insecurity in East Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study was to determine the magnitude and determinants of urban household food insecurity in East Africa.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Setting

Studies conducted in East Africa.

Participants

Seventeen 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.

Results

A total of 17 studies with 156 996 households from 8 count

SUBMITTER: Gebremichael B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991803 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature