Title: Changes in household food insecurity between enrollment … · 2019-02-21 · food...

• ToassesshouseholdfoodinsecuritybetweenprogramenrollmentandexitinalongitudinaltrialassessingtheeffectivenessoffoursupplementaryfoodsinthepreventionofstuntingandwastinginyoungchildrenparticipatinginablanketsupplementaryfeedingprogrambetweenAug/2014– Jun/2015

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BreanneLanglois1 MPH.LaetitiaNikièma2 MPH,MD.IlanaCliffer1 MPH.DevikaSuri1 MS,MPH.YeShen1 MSPH.PatrickWebb1 PhD.BeatriceRogers1 PhD.

1TuftsUniversity,USA2InstitutdeRechercheenSciencedelaSanté,BurkinaFaso

• Datawerecollectedatbaselineandexitfromtheprogram• Descriptiveanalysisofhouseholdfoodinsecuritywas

conductedamongparticipatinghouseholds• ChangeinHouseholdFoodInsecurityAccessScale(HFIAS)

score(endline– baseline),stratifiedbybaselineHFIAScategoryandseasonofprogramenrollmentandexitwerecalculated

• 6,092childrenenrolled:5,236completedtheprogram;5,206analyzed

• Overall,foodinsecurityincreasedamonghouseholdsenrolledinasupplementaryfeedingprogramforyoungchildren,butvariedaccordingtobaselinestatusandseasonofprogramenrollmentandexit

• Moreworkneededtounderstandthedynamicsofhouseholdfoodinsecurityinthecontextofasupplementaryfeedingprogram

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Keywords: SupplementaryFeeding,malnutrition,household food insecurity,BurkinaFaso

No conflicts of Interest

Title: Changesinhouseholdfoodinsecuritybetweenenrollmentandexitfromablanketsupplementaryfeedingprogramforchildren6– 23monthsoldinBurkinaFaso

Aggregate(allstudyarmscombined)Baseline Endline

HFIASscore1,mean±SD,median(min,max) 3.81±4.82,2(0,27) 4.31±4.95,3(0,26) HFIAScategory,n(%) Foodsecure 2229(43) 1815(35)MildlyFoodInsecure 705(14) 836(16)ModeratelyFoodInsecure 1417(28) 1537(30)SeverelyFoodInsecure 780(15) 944(18) SESscores2

Poorest(min) -4.69 -4.74Second(25thpercentile) -1.60 -1.57Middle(Median) -0.07 -0.61Fourth(75thpercentile) 1.64 1.58Richest(max) 4.50 4.49

SampleSize 5206

• Disaggregatedbyseason,meanchangesvaried:dry/dry0.36±5.76,n=1066;rainy/rainy1.89±5.42,n=170;rainy/dry-1.65±6.17,n=890;dry/rainy1.10±5.82,n=3080

• Householdsthatwerefoodsecureormildlyfoodinsecureatbaselinehadanincreaseinfoodinsecurityatendline,onaverage,whilehouseholdsthatweremoderatelyorseverelyfoodinsecureatbaselinehadadecreaseinfoodinsecurityatendline,onaverage.

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