The impact of COVID-19 on household food insecurity and interlinkages with child feeding practices and coping strategies in Uttar Pradesh, India
Objectives: The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has profound negative impacts on people's lives, but little is known on the effect of COVID-19 on household food insecurity (HFI) in poor setting resources. This study aimed to assess the changes in HFI during the pandemic and examine the interlinkages...
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American Society for Nutrition
2021
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| author | Kachwaha, Shivani Nguyen, Phuong Hong Pant, Anjali Tran, Lan Mai Ghosh, Sebanti Sharma, Praveen Kumar Shashtri, Vishal Dev Escobar-Alegria, Jessica Avula, Rasmi Menon, Purnima |
| author_browse | Avula, Rasmi Escobar-Alegria, Jessica Ghosh, Sebanti Kachwaha, Shivani Menon, Purnima Nguyen, Phuong Hong Pant, Anjali Sharma, Praveen Kumar Shashtri, Vishal Dev Tran, Lan Mai |
| author_facet | Kachwaha, Shivani Nguyen, Phuong Hong Pant, Anjali Tran, Lan Mai Ghosh, Sebanti Sharma, Praveen Kumar Shashtri, Vishal Dev Escobar-Alegria, Jessica Avula, Rasmi Menon, Purnima |
| author_sort | Kachwaha, Shivani |
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| description | Objectives: The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has profound negative impacts on people's lives, but little is known on the effect of COVID-19 on household food insecurity (HFI) in poor setting resources. This study aimed to assess the changes in HFI during the pandemic and examine the interlinkages between HFI with child feeding practices and coping strategies in Uttar Pradesh, India. Methods: We conducted a longitudinal quantitative survey with 569 mothers with children <2y in December 2019 (in-person) and August 2020 (by phone). We measured HFI by using the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale and examined the changes in HFI during the pandemic using the Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-rank tests. We then assessed child feeding practices and coping strategies by HFI status using multivariable regression models. Results: HFI increased sharply from 21% to 80% before and during COVID-19, with 62% households changing the status from food security to insecurity and 17% remaining food insecure. Children belonging to newly and consistently food-insecure households were less likely to consume a diversified diet (adjusted odds ratio, AOR: 0.56, P = 0.03 and AOR: 0.45, P = 0.04, respectively) compared to those in food-secure households. Households with food insecurity were more likely to engage in coping strategies for obtaining foods including reducing other essential non-food expenditures (AOR: 1.7–2.2), borrowing money to buy food (AOR: 3.6–4.3), selling jewelry (AOR: 3.0–5.0), and spending savings or selling other assets (AOR∼2.0), all P < 0.05. Conclusions: COVID-19 had a significant negative impact on HFI, which in turn had implications for child feeding practices and coping strategies. Our findings highlighted the need for further investment in targeted social protection strategies and safety nets as part of multisectoral solutions to improve HFI during and post-COVID-19. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1424292025-04-03T21:29:28Z The impact of COVID-19 on household food insecurity and interlinkages with child feeding practices and coping strategies in Uttar Pradesh, India Kachwaha, Shivani Nguyen, Phuong Hong Pant, Anjali Tran, Lan Mai Ghosh, Sebanti Sharma, Praveen Kumar Shashtri, Vishal Dev Escobar-Alegria, Jessica Avula, Rasmi Menon, Purnima child nutrition covid-19 households social protection nutrition child feeding food security diet Objectives: The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has profound negative impacts on people's lives, but little is known on the effect of COVID-19 on household food insecurity (HFI) in poor setting resources. This study aimed to assess the changes in HFI during the pandemic and examine the interlinkages between HFI with child feeding practices and coping strategies in Uttar Pradesh, India. Methods: We conducted a longitudinal quantitative survey with 569 mothers with children <2y in December 2019 (in-person) and August 2020 (by phone). We measured HFI by using the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale and examined the changes in HFI during the pandemic using the Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-rank tests. We then assessed child feeding practices and coping strategies by HFI status using multivariable regression models. Results: HFI increased sharply from 21% to 80% before and during COVID-19, with 62% households changing the status from food security to insecurity and 17% remaining food insecure. Children belonging to newly and consistently food-insecure households were less likely to consume a diversified diet (adjusted odds ratio, AOR: 0.56, P = 0.03 and AOR: 0.45, P = 0.04, respectively) compared to those in food-secure households. Households with food insecurity were more likely to engage in coping strategies for obtaining foods including reducing other essential non-food expenditures (AOR: 1.7–2.2), borrowing money to buy food (AOR: 3.6–4.3), selling jewelry (AOR: 3.0–5.0), and spending savings or selling other assets (AOR∼2.0), all P < 0.05. Conclusions: COVID-19 had a significant negative impact on HFI, which in turn had implications for child feeding practices and coping strategies. Our findings highlighted the need for further investment in targeted social protection strategies and safety nets as part of multisectoral solutions to improve HFI during and post-COVID-19. 2021-06-21 2024-05-22T12:10:29Z 2024-05-22T12:10:29Z Abstract https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142429 en Open Access American Society for Nutrition Kachwaha, Shivani; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Pant, Anjali; Tran, Lan Mai; Ghosh, Sebanti; Sharma, Praveen Kumar; Shashtri, Vishal Dev; Escobar-Alegria, Jessica; Avula, Rasmi; and Menon, Purnima. 2021. The impact of COVID-19 on household food insecurity and interlinkages with child feeding practices and coping strategies in Uttar Pradesh, India. Current Developments in Nutrition 5(Supplement 2): 228. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzab029_029 |
| spellingShingle | child nutrition covid-19 households social protection nutrition child feeding food security diet Kachwaha, Shivani Nguyen, Phuong Hong Pant, Anjali Tran, Lan Mai Ghosh, Sebanti Sharma, Praveen Kumar Shashtri, Vishal Dev Escobar-Alegria, Jessica Avula, Rasmi Menon, Purnima The impact of COVID-19 on household food insecurity and interlinkages with child feeding practices and coping strategies in Uttar Pradesh, India |
| title | The impact of COVID-19 on household food insecurity and interlinkages with child feeding practices and coping strategies in Uttar Pradesh, India |
| title_full | The impact of COVID-19 on household food insecurity and interlinkages with child feeding practices and coping strategies in Uttar Pradesh, India |
| title_fullStr | The impact of COVID-19 on household food insecurity and interlinkages with child feeding practices and coping strategies in Uttar Pradesh, India |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of COVID-19 on household food insecurity and interlinkages with child feeding practices and coping strategies in Uttar Pradesh, India |
| title_short | The impact of COVID-19 on household food insecurity and interlinkages with child feeding practices and coping strategies in Uttar Pradesh, India |
| title_sort | impact of covid 19 on household food insecurity and interlinkages with child feeding practices and coping strategies in uttar pradesh india |
| topic | child nutrition covid-19 households social protection nutrition child feeding food security diet |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142429 |
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