1. Food security variation among Indigenous communities in South-western Uganda.
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Patterson, Kaitlin, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Lwasa, Shuaib, Namanya, Didacus B., Ford, James, Research Team, IHACC, and Harper, Sherilee L.
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FOOD security ,MULTILEVEL models ,FOOD chemistry ,COMMUNITIES - Abstract
We assess whether the household is an apt scale of analysis to examine food insecurity of Indigenous Batwa of Kanungu District, Uganda. Our objectives were: 1) estimate the prevalence and range of food insecurity, 2) estimate the variation in food insecurity associated with household and community factors. The survey was administered 6 times at 3-month intervals (Jan 2013-April 2014). Multilevel modeling was used to determine household and community associations with food insecurity. The Batwa were highly food insecure (97%). Variation in food insecurity that is explained by household and community factors was low. Food insecurity analyses should be considered scale-dependent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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