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. 2022 Mar;34(3):e23632.
doi: 10.1002/ajhb.23632. Epub 2021 Jun 26.

Magnitude and spatial distribution of food and nutrition security during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tucumán (Argentina)

María Laura Cordero  1 , María Florencia Cesani  2   3
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Magnitude and spatial distribution of food and nutrition security during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tucumán (Argentina)

María Laura Cordero et al. Am J Hum Biol. 2022 Mar.

Abstract

Objective: To describe the magnitude and spatial distribution of household food and nutrition security (FNS) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tucumán (Argentina) and identify factors associated with food insecurity.

Methods: During April and May 2020 a cross-sectional quantitative study was performed. Data from 3915 households were analyzed. The study of FNS was performed with the Latin American and Caribbean Scale for Food Security. To identify associated factors, bivariate and multivariate logistic regression models were applied.

Results: Household food insecurity affected 55.9% of the sample (mild: 39.3%, moderate: 10.8%, severe: 5.8%). Analyzing the spatial distribution, the eastern area showed the highest food insecurity prevalence, followed by the south and west areas. Logistic regression analysis showed that household food insecurity varied according to household size, presence of children, socioeconomic status, and health area of residence.

Conclusions: Household size, presence of children, socioeconomic status and public health area of residence were associated to household food insecurity. The perception of hunger was higher in larger households, in those with low and medium socioeconomic status and in households located in the southern area of the province.

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FIGURE 1
Study area. (A) Province of Tucumán in the national context. (B) Political‐administrative division of Tucumán: departments and natural context. (C) Health areas in Tucumán. Source: Own elaboration on the basis of cartography provided by https://www.openstreetmap.org, INDEC (2010) and Ministry of Health of the province of Tucumán (2009)
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FIGURE 2
Food secure and food insecure households (HHs) distribution by health areas. Tucumán, Argentina (2020). Source: own elaboration based on data from this study (2020) and cartography provided by the Ministry of Health of Tucumán Province (2009)
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FIGURE 3
Food secure households (HHs) and food and nutrition insecurity (FNI) levels by health areas. Tucumán, Argentina (2020). Source: own elaboration based on data from this study (2020)
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