%0 Journal Article %1 tarekegn16january2018household %A Tarekegn, Shimels %A Chanie, Tenaw %A Ketema, Kassahun %A Alemayehu, Mulunesh %D 16 January, 2018 %J Advances in Preventive Medicine and Health Care %K Food Household Insecurity Status %N 01 %P 11 %T Household Food Insecurity Status and Associated Factors in Sekela District, North West Ethiopia, 2016 %U https://www.gavinpublishers.com/articles/Research-Article/Advances-in-Preventive-Medicine-and-Health-Care/household-food-insecurity-status-and-associated-factors-in-sekela-district-north-west-ethiopia-2016 %V 2018 %X 1.1. Introduction: Household food insecurity is lack of access to a diet of sufficient quality and quantity necessary for productive and healthy life. Food insecurity is a public health concern in worldwide. More than 842 million people are estimated to lack sufficient dietary energy availability and the vast majority of the world’s hungry people live in developing countries, where 13.5 percent of the population is under nourished. 1.2. Objectives: To assess household food insecurity status and associated factors in Sekela Woreda in West Gojjam zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015. 1.3. Methods: Community based cross sectional study was conducted. The study used multi stage sampling scheme. Systematic random sampling technique was used to select six kebeles from 27 kebeles. The total sample size was 770 households. Data collectors and Supervisor were trained for two days and were collected by face-to-face interviews using household food insecurity access scale tool after verbal informed consent. Data were entered by Epi data version 3.1. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were done to identify predictors on house hold food insecurity status using SPSS version 20.0 soft ware package variables with p value less than 0.05 used to declare an association during multivariate analysis using 95% confidence intervals. 1.4. Results: The level of household food insecurity was 73.11%. Factors associated with HHFI were female HH headed (AOR=7.53: 95% CI 2.65 -21.38), large family size (AOR=11.5: 95% CI 4.79-26.34), had no access to employment (AOR=3.56:95% CI 1.27- 9.95), didn’t have access to credit (AOR=9.35: 95% CI,3.51- 24.91), households who were earning monthly income <500 EBR/month AOR=14.79 :95%4.52- 48.4) and those who were Earning 501-1000EBR AOR=10.91: 95% 2.69- 45.8 more likely food insecure. 1.5. Conclusion and Recommendation: There were many households with food insecure, (563/770). Hence, households headed by females, large family sizes, low family income, lack of employment access and credit access were found to be important factors which affect household food insecurity. Therefore, the government should work with risk groups emphasize like large group households to reduce their number and strengthening family planning service. Easily availability of credit access in at individual and group level for rural community and strengthen women interest.

@article{tarekegn16january2018household, abstract = {1.1. Introduction: Household food insecurity is lack of access to a diet of sufficient quality and quantity necessary for productive and healthy life. Food insecurity is a public health concern in worldwide. More than 842 million people are estimated to lack sufficient dietary energy availability and the vast majority of the world’s hungry people live in developing countries, where 13.5 percent of the population is under nourished. 1.2. Objectives: To assess household food insecurity status and associated factors in Sekela Woreda in West Gojjam zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015. 1.3. Methods: Community based cross sectional study was conducted. The study used multi stage sampling scheme. Systematic random sampling technique was used to select six kebeles from 27 kebeles. The total sample size was 770 households. Data collectors and Supervisor were trained for two days and were collected by face-to-face interviews using household food insecurity access scale tool after verbal informed consent. Data were entered by Epi data version 3.1. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were done to identify predictors on house hold food insecurity status using SPSS version 20.0 soft ware package variables with p value less than 0.05 used to declare an association during multivariate analysis using 95% confidence intervals. 1.4. Results: The level of household food insecurity was 73.11%. Factors associated with HHFI were female HH headed (AOR=7.53: 95% CI [2.65 -21.38]), large family size (AOR=11.5: 95% CI [4.79-26.34]), had no access to employment (AOR=3.56:95% CI [1.27- 9.95]), didn’t have access to credit (AOR=9.35: 95% CI,3.51- 24.91]), households who were earning monthly income <500 EBR/month AOR=14.79 :95%[4.52- 48.4]) and those who were Earning 501-1000EBR AOR=10.91: 95% [2.69- 45.8] more likely food insecure. 1.5. Conclusion and Recommendation: There were many households with food insecure, (563/770). Hence, households headed by females, large family sizes, low family income, lack of employment access and credit access were found to be important factors which affect household food insecurity. Therefore, the government should work with risk groups emphasize like large group households to reduce their number and strengthening family planning service. Easily availability of credit access in at individual and group level for rural community and strengthen women interest. }, added-at = {2019-07-06T09:16:34.000+0200}, author = {Tarekegn, Shimels and Chanie, Tenaw and Ketema, Kassahun and Alemayehu, Mulunesh}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2a27ec2a05735f804ba86276916f95347/alyssacarter}, interhash = {d33102cb55a42ec7fc869b9809be4192}, intrahash = {a27ec2a05735f804ba86276916f95347}, journal = {Advances in Preventive Medicine and Health Care}, keywords = {Food Household Insecurity Status}, language = {English}, month = {16 January}, number = 01, pages = 11, timestamp = {2019-07-06T09:16:34.000+0200}, title = {Household Food Insecurity Status and Associated Factors in Sekela District, North West Ethiopia, 2016}, url = {https://www.gavinpublishers.com/articles/Research-Article/Advances-in-Preventive-Medicine-and-Health-Care/household-food-insecurity-status-and-associated-factors-in-sekela-district-north-west-ethiopia-2016}, volume = 2018, year = {16 January, 2018 } }