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Bulgach G, Vázquez Peña F, Carrara C, et al. Inseguridad alimentaria en el área de influencia del Centro de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria “San Pantaleón” (Provincia de Buenos Aires). [Food insecurity in the area of influence of the Center of Family and Community Medicine "San Pantaleón" (Province of Buenos Aires).]. Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba. 2021;78(4):340-346doi: 10.31053/1853.0605.v78.n4.30252.
Bulgach, G., Vázquez Peña, F., Carrara, C., & Kopitowski, K. (2021). Inseguridad alimentaria en el área de influencia del Centro de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria “San Pantaleón” (Provincia de Buenos Aires). [Food insecurity in the area of influence of the Center of Family and Community Medicine "San Pantaleón" (Province of Buenos Aires).]. Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina), 78(4), 340-346. https://doi.org/10.31053/1853.0605.v78.n4.30252
Bulgach, Gabriel, et al. "Inseguridad alimentaria en el área de influencia del Centro de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria “San Pantaleón” (Provincia de Buenos Aires)." [Food insecurity in the area of influence of the Center of Family and Community Medicine "San Pantaleón" (Province of Buenos Aires).]. Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina) vol. 78,4 (2021): 340-346. doi: https://doi.org/10.31053/1853.0605.v78.n4.30252
Bulgach G, Vázquez Peña F, Carrara C, Kopitowski K. Inseguridad alimentaria en el área de influencia del Centro de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria “San Pantaleón” (Provincia de Buenos Aires). [Food insecurity in the area of influence of the Center of Family and Community Medicine "San Pantaleón" (Province of Buenos Aires).]. Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba. 2021 Dec 28;78(4):340-346. doi: 10.31053/1853.0605.v78.n4.30252. Spanish. PMID: 34962742.
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Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba. 2021 Dec 28;78(4):340-346. doi: 10.31053/1853.0605.v78.n4.30252.

[Food insecurity in the area of influence of the Center of Family and Community Medicine "San Pantaleón" (Province of Buenos Aires).].

Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina)

[Article in Spanish]
Gabriel Bulgach, Fernando Vázquez Peña, Carolina Carrara, Karin Kopitowski

Affiliations

  1. FSOC-UBA. Argentina. [email protected].
  2. Servicio de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Argentina. [email protected].
  3. Servicio de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires. [email protected].
  4. Servicio de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Argentina. [email protected].

PMID: 34962742 DOI: 10.31053/1853.0605.v78.n4.30252

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Last years, food insecurity is a raising problem in Argentina and is a key indicator of population health. The principal aim of this study was to determine food insecurity prevalence in a population of Buenos Aires suburbs, considering as secondary objectives: 1) to evaluate associated variables with food insecurity; 2) to perform provisional statistical validation of the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES).

METHODS: It was conducted a descriptive, cross-sectional research study was conducted. Check the FIES survey in people over 15 years of age in the Barrio Santa María in Bajo Boulogne, San Isidro district, Buenos Aires. A probabilistic sampling was carried out. The data will be analyzed following the Rasch model proposed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

RESULTS: 222 people were interviewed, finding a prevalence of moderate / severe food insecurity of 47.29% and severe of 6.57%. We found an independent association with a female head of household OR 2.22; (95%CI 1.27 to 3.87) and having more than 4 cohabitants in the home OR 2.24; (95%CI 1.25 to 4.02). The provisional validation of the FIES survey was carried out in our sample through the testing of the Rasch model assumptions.

CONCLUSION: food insecurity is a problem present in our population. It was carried out the validation of an instrument to measure it, easy to apply and that allows valid comparisons between local and international measurements.

Universidad Nacional de Córdoba.

Keywords: food supply; Argentina; adult; psychometrics

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