Department of Family and Consumer Sciences University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana.
Celebrate Heritage Research & Development Hub, Gaborone, Botswana.
Ecol Food Nutr. 2023 Jul 4;62(3-4):130-145. doi: 10.1080/03670244.2023.2202392. Epub 2023 Apr 13.
In Botswana the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) has been used in studying the urban-poor, but less in rural settings high in poverty, child malnutrition (CM), and social protection beneficiaries. This cross-sectional study compared HFIAS scores, household poverty (HP) and CM in two rural districts: Bobirwa with moderate and Mabutsane with high poverty. Households ( = 872) with children under-five years participated. Most children (87.6%) experienced food insecurity. Mean HFIAS for all households was 11.0 ± 8. HFIAS scores were higher in Mabutsane ( < .001). HFIAS scores were consistently associated with HP and CM in both districts. HFIAS can assist in targeting the rural-poor.
在博茨瓦纳，家庭粮食不安全评估工具（HFIAS）已被用于研究城市贫困人口，但在贫困程度高、儿童营养不良（CM）和社会保护受益人数较多的农村地区应用较少。本横断面研究比较了两个农村地区（Bobirwa 中度贫困和 Mabutsane 高度贫困）的 HFIAS 评分、家庭贫困（HP）和 CM。参与的家庭有 872 户，有 5 岁以下儿童。大多数儿童（87.6%）存在粮食不安全问题。所有家庭的平均 HFIAS 为 11.0±8。Mabutsane 的 HFIAS 评分较高（<.001）。在两个地区，HFIAS 评分均与 HP 和 CM 呈一致性相关。HFIAS 可用于确定农村贫困人口的目标。
