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Maternal Undernutrition and Reproductive Performance
Published in Frank Falkner, Infant and Child Nutrition Worldwide:, 2021
Acute or seasonal food shortages and inadequate resources to purchase food can produce insufficient dietary intake. Even if adequate amounts of food are available, cultural taboos, poor individual food selection or unequal food distribution favoring males over females within the household, may restrict maternal food intake during pregnancy or lactation. Urbanization, industrialization and migration also have important impacts on livelihood, lifestyle, and dietary intake, leading to negative changes in maternal health and nutritional status (Williams et al., 1985).
Nutrition
Published in Jan de Boer, Marcel Dubouloz, Handbook of Disaster Medicine, 2020
Early warning of pending food shortage can come from indicators such as decreased or irregular rainfall, or other agricultural catastrophes. Later indications of lack of access to food include rumours of food shortage or famine, diminished food stores or consumption, ‘famine behaviour’, including use of unusual foods, sale of livestock and other household assets, changing market prices (e.g. rise in cost of grains and other vegetable foods; lower price of meat), conflicts and displacement of populations. Finally, there may be indications of declining nutritional status, rising mortality and famine deaths.
Post-disaster response and recovery to meet health needs of older people: I
Published in Emily Ying Yang Chan, Disaster Public Health and Older People, 2019
Adequate food and nutrition are required for survival and maintenance of good health. Although the right to adequate food, as a human right, should be ensured in any circumstances (United Nations, 1948, Article 25:1), food shortages and inadequate nutritional support are often associated with emergencies and their responses. Morbidity and mortality associated with food shortages can hamper disaster recovery (WHO, 2000).
Understanding the Experiences of Food Insecurity in Older Adult Households
Published in Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 2023
Ronald H. Aday, J. Brandon Wallace, Sandra C. Jones, Amber R. Pogacsnik, Kimberly F. Leifker, Eva W. Kibe-Pea
Research has found that food shortages are more likely to exist for those with low levels of family contact/assistance and social capital (Keller et al., 2007; Whitley, 2013). Older adults who are social isolated are particularly vulnerable to loneliness, a declining interest in activities, motivation, and widespread apathy in. Using the social ecological model for predicting food insecurity, Goldberg & Mawn (2014) documented that living alone or residing in remote areas without access to transportation can also significantly increase lack of food access. Having a strong social support network will be key for those isolated frail adults with who may need grocery shopping assistance and meal preparation. Programming that places more emphasis on community partnerships and intergenerational connections will be necessary to ensure a satisfactory level of food security for those aging in place.
Pandemic-related parental distress: examining associations with family meals and child feeding practices during the COVID-19 pandemic
Published in Children's Health Care, 2022
Caroline E. West, Clarissa V. Shields, Kara V. Hultstrand, Miranda L. Frank, Amy F. Sato
While elevated parental distress has been prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic, there remains a need to examine the association between parental distress and negative impact due to the pandemic, and aspects of the home environment such as food-related parenting practices. It is especially crucial to understand family meals and child feeding practices, given the potential for changes in the quantity or types of food available in the household or changes in household mealtime routines in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For instance, there may be food excess due to stockpiling food or food unavailability due to food shortages, increased food costs, and limited financial resources (Nicola et al., 2020). This may, in turn, be linked to parental distress or changes in eating and feeding patterns within the household. Many individuals are more likely to snack or engage in irregular eating patterns in response to stress or boredom (Ruiz-Roso et al., 2020) or due to additional chances to snack at home (Gallo, Gallo, Young, Moritz, & Akison, 2020). Therefore, there remains a need to understand the impact of distress related to COVID-19 and food-related aspects of the home environment.
“Seeing a Brighter Future” – Experiences of Adolescents with Common Mental Disorders Receiving the Problem-Solving Therapy “Youth Friendship Bench” in Zimbabwe
Published in Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2021
Sander Broström, Björn Axel Johansson, Ruth Verhey, Kajsa Landgren
Adolescence involves the rapid developmental transformation from childhood to adulthood; these biological and psychosocial changes involve risk-taking and experimental behaviour, as well as new ways of relating to one’s own future and health (World Health Organization, 2014). CMD most often manifest in adolescence (Kessler et al., 2005), and suicide and accidental death from self-harm are collectively the third leading cause of adolescent mortality (World Health Organization, 2017b). In the WHO developed Global School Based-Health Survey of students aged 13-17, the African region in general, and Zimbabwe in particular, stood out by having some of the highest prevalences of suicidal ideation among the 32 included low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) (McKinnon et al., 2016). The prevalence was 22% in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe (Rudatsikira et al., 2007). In rural Zimbabwe, more than 50% of adolescents and young adults screened positive for CMD (Langhaug et al., 2010). Poverty and food shortages are widespread in Zimbabwe, and indirectly, but strongly associated with CMD (Lund et al., 2010). Stigma surrounds mental illness in Zimbabwe (Pitorak et al., 2012) and HIV-related problems are prevalent in primary care (Chibanda et al., 2011; Chibanda et al., 2016). Widely speaking, in Sub-Saharan Africa, depression is perceived to be rooted in social adversity. Self-help and community resources are considered first line treatments for CMD and spiritual, rather than biomedical, explanatory models tend to be more widely adopted among those with no engagement in formal health systems (Mayston et al., 2020).