加纳半城市地区10至12岁青少年照顾者在新冠疫情期间的经济、社会情感及粮食安全状况。

Economic, socio-emotional, and food security conditions during COVID-19 pandemic among caregivers of young adolescents aged 10-12 yrs in a semi-urban setting in Ghana.

作者信息

Mensah Mavis O, Adjetey Ebenezer, Aryee Lois M D, Arnold Charles D, Prado Elizabeth L, Hastings Paul D, Guyer Amanda, Oaks Brietta M, Nti Helena, Bentil Helena J, Fajardo Jonnatan, Adu-Afarwuah Seth

机构信息

University of Ghana.

University of California-Davis.

出版信息

Res Sq. 2025 Aug 21:rs.3.rs-7215235. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7215235/v1.

DOI:10.21203/rs.3.rs-7215235/v1

PMID:40894064

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12393477/

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Few studies have described the consequences of the COVID - 19 pandemic among caregivers of young adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to explore the consequences of COVID-19 on economic, socio-emotional, and household food security conditions among caregivers of young adolescents in a semi-urban setting in the Eastern Region of Ghana.

METHODS

In this cross-sectional study, caregivers of young adolescents aged 10-12yrs in the Somanya-Kpong area were enrolled. These participants were part of the second follow-up of the iLiNS-DYAD Ghana trial. A questionnaire designed from the PhenX Toolkit COVID-19 Protocol and the Food Access and Food Security During COVID-19 Survey (Version 2.1) was used to collect data over 8 months starting January 2022. We used descriptive statistics to summarize data and McNemar Chi-square tests to compare percentages of agreement to statements of household food security conditions " versus " the pandemic outbreak.

RESULTS

Among 966 caregivers (94% females; 6% males), 89% reported decreased household income compared with the year before the pandemic. Although 72.5% of caregivers continued working during the pandemic, most said they had experienced a reduction in their work hours (72.6%), workload (78.8%) and salaries (63.4%). Many (65%) said their children engaged in educational activities when schools were closed, with 46% hiring private teachers. Caregivers most frequently cited financial concerns (83%) and negative impact on work (79%) as their greatest sources of stress because of COVID-19. Significantly more caregivers reported experiencing household food insecurity conditions "" compared to "" (55.4% vs 19.6%, P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONS

In this setting, COVID-19 had negative consequences on the economic, socio-emotional, and household food security conditions of caregivers and their young adolescents.

TRIAL REGISTRATION

Clinical trial number not applicable.

摘要

背景

很少有研究描述撒哈拉以南非洲地区青少年照顾者在新冠疫情中的遭遇。我们旨在探讨新冠疫情对加纳东部地区半城市环境中青少年照顾者的经济、社会情感和家庭粮食安全状况的影响。

方法

在这项横断面研究中，招募了索马尼亚-克庞地区10至12岁青少年的照顾者。这些参与者是加纳iLiNS-DYAD试验第二次随访的一部分。从PhenX工具包新冠协议和新冠疫情期间粮食获取与粮食安全调查（2.1版）设计的问卷，用于从2022年1月开始的8个月内收集数据。我们使用描述性统计来汇总数据，并使用麦克内马尔卡方检验来比较对家庭粮食安全状况陈述的同意百分比与“疫情爆发前”的情况。

结果

在966名照顾者中（94%为女性；6%为男性），89%的人报告称家庭收入比疫情前一年有所减少。尽管72.5%的照顾者在疫情期间继续工作，但大多数人表示他们的工作时间（72.6%）、工作量（78.8%）和工资（63.4%）都有所减少。许多人（65%）表示，学校关闭期间他们的孩子参加了教育活动，其中46%聘请了私人教师。照顾者最常提到的压力来源是经济担忧（83%）和对工作的负面影响（79%）。与“疫情爆发前”相比，报告经历家庭粮食不安全状况的照顾者明显更多（55.4%对19.6%，P<0.05）。