Mokari-Yamchi Amin, Faramarzi Ayoub, Salehi-Sahlabadi Ammar, Barati Meisam, Ghodsi Delaram, Jabbari Masoumeh, Hekmatdoost Azita
Student Research Committee, Department of Community Nutrition, Research Institute Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1981619573, Iran.
Statistical Research Center, Statistical Center of Iran, Tehran 1414663111, Iran.
Prev Nutr Food Sci. 2020 Jun 30;25(2):146-152. doi: 10.3746/pnf.2020.25.2.146.
Food insecurity is a major and multidimensional global problem, particularly in rural and vulnerable areas. In this cross-sectional study, we aimed to identify the relationship between social support and food insecurity in 404 Iranian rural households. We selected the sample by cluster random sampling and collected data using three questionnaires [demographic, Multidimensional Perceived Social Support Scale (MSPSS), and United States Department of Agriculture food security questionnaires] and analyzed data using chi-square tests and logistic regression (using SPSS version 19.0). Of the 404 Iranian households, 168 (41.6%) were classified as food secure. The logistic regression analysis revealed that education and job status of the household heads and household income were significantly associated with food security status. Additionally, perceived social support was protective against food insecurity after adjusting for confounding factors [compared with the first quartile, second quartile odds ratio (OR)=1.76, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.94∼3.3 and fourth quartile OR=2.21, 95% CI: 1.13∼4.33]. This study indicated that social support contributes to a reduced chance of food insecurity in rural households. These results suggest that policy makers should focus on strengthening social support in vulnerable communities to help protect against hunger and poverty.
粮食不安全是一个重大的全球性多层面问题，在农村及弱势群体聚居地区尤为突出。在这项横断面研究中，我们旨在确定404户伊朗农村家庭的社会支持与粮食不安全之间的关系。我们通过整群随机抽样选取样本，并使用三份问卷[人口统计学问卷、多维感知社会支持量表（MSPSS）和美国农业部粮食安全问卷]收集数据，运用卡方检验和逻辑回归（使用SPSS 19.0版）进行数据分析。在这404户伊朗家庭中，168户（41.6%）被归类为粮食安全家庭。逻辑回归分析显示，户主的教育程度、就业状况和家庭收入与粮食安全状况显著相关。此外，在对混杂因素进行校正后，感知到的社会支持对粮食不安全具有保护作用[与第一四分位数相比，第二四分位数的比值比（OR）=1.76，95%置信区间（CI）：0.94至3.3；第四四分位数的OR=2.21，95%CI：1.13至4.33]。本研究表明，社会支持有助于降低农村家庭粮食不安全的几率。这些结果表明，政策制定者应专注于加强弱势群体社区的社会支持，以帮助预防饥饿和贫困。
