Open AccessHousehold food security in an urban slum: Determinants and trends
Author(s) -
Nikitha Dharmaraju,
Sonam Shah Mauleshbhai,
Nirupama Arulappan,
Beeson Thomas,
Donatella Marconi,
Sherin Susan Paul,
Venkat Raghava Mohan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_185_17
Subject(s) - medicine , food security , environmental health , socioeconomic status , food insecurity , cluster sampling , slum , socioeconomics , confidence interval , odds ratio , geography , agriculture , population , economics , pathology , archaeology
As we are moving from millennium development goals to sustainable development goals, food insecurity is imposing a formidable challenge to the policymakers, especially in developing countries such as India. A survey conducted in the urban slum areas of Vellore district, 6 years back, had reported food insecurity as high as 75%. The current study was a resurvey to assess the food security status in the aforementioned area.