Food and Nutrition Security as perceived by families of Kukra Hill, Autonomous Region of South Caribbean Coast, Nicaragua, 2015

Abstract

This study aims to determine the situation of food and nutritional security and some associated factors in households in the municipality of Kukra Hill-South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region (RACCS). It is an analytical study of risk factors, with a sample consisting of 107 heads of households. The instrument used was the Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale, some additional indicators were added. Among the key findings it highlighted that food insecurity affects a third of the households surveyed. Severe food insecurity reached 32%. There was concern in more than half of households that food would ran out, and lack of money or other resources saw availability and access limited. More than half of households do not have a nutritious diet, there is little variety of food. In relation to the amount of food, half of households at some point ran out of food, many ate less than usual and even stopped eating breakfast, lunch or dinner, for lack of money or other resources. Hunger affected all households, where some of the members, were hungry but had nothing to eat, so they did not eat and sometimes ate only once a day, and some spent the entire day without eating. Food Insecurity in the homes of respondents was associated with geographical location. Living in zones 3, OR = 3.43; = 5.03 Chi² live in zone 5, OR = 3.48; Chi² = 5.64. Education, be illiterate OR = 2.73; Chi² = 3.49. Less than C $ 2.850 monthly income OR = 4.72; Chi² = 4.30. Ethnicity be the Miskito OR = 4.68; Chi² = 5.79. Income coverage, covers less than the minimum expenses. OR = 2.05, Ji = 3.Ji=3.