التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Food and nutrition security among mothers and their children: A comparative study of Mityana and Nakapiripirit Districts |
| المؤلفون: |
Nakanja, Agnes Cabrine |
| بيانات النشر: |
Makerere University |
| سنة النشر: |
2015 |
| المجموعة: |
Makerere University's Institutional Repository (Mak IR) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
Rural communities, Food availability, Anthropometric indicators, Human diseases, Food utilisation, Food and nutrition security, Uganda |
| الوصف: |
A dissertation submitted to the Directorate of Research and Graduate Training in partial fulfillment of the requirement of an award of the degree of Master of Arts in Rural Development of Makerere University ; Food and nutrition security among nutritionally vulnerable rural communities has continued to be a challenge due to the complexity in the inter-linkage between food availability, food access and food utilisation. In exploring such a theoretical assumption, the study adopted three specific objectives, namely to; 1) establish the level of food and nutrition security for Mityana and Nakapiripirit districts 2) assess the effect of food access, availability and utilisation on FNS and 3) to examine the risk factors that mediate food and nutrition security. This study, took a comparative approach towards achieving the above objectives for both mothers and children in Mityana and Nakapiripirit Districts. The study used both qualitative and quantitative data from Mityana and Nakapiripirit Districts. In total, 157 adults and 233 children aged five years and below took part in the survey. In addition, 2 FGDs (1 in each district) with a total of 17 participants and 17key informant interviews were also undertaken. Data analysis was then done by SPSS. Statistical significance was determined using Pearson’s chi square (p-values) to test for associations between the dependent variables and a number of independent variables. The weight and height measurements of the children were quoted in terms of Z scores. Using anthropometric indicators as a basis for establishing food and nutrition security, children in Mityana and Mothers in Nakapiripirit were found to be food and nutrition secure in comparison to mothers in Mityana and children in Nakapiripirit. In terms of food availability, both sites were found to be food secure. In terms of access to food, Mityana was found to have more access than Nakapiripirit. Hence still, households in Nakapiripirit were found to be more prone to risks (81) compared to those in Mityana. The ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
master thesis |
| اللغة: |
English |
| العلاقة: |
Nakanja, A. C. (2015). Food and nutrition security among mothers and their children: A comparative study of Mityana and Nakapiripirit Districts. Master's thesis, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.; http://hdl.handle.net/10570/5573Test |
| الإتاحة: |
http://hdl.handle.net/10570/5573Test |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edsbas.B939A3F6 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
BASE |
