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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Food insecurity and hunger are prevalent among HIV-positive individuals in British Columbia, Canada
Journal of Nutrition, Volume 135, No. 4, Year 2005
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Hunger and food insecurity are important factors that may affect an individual's nutritional state and should therefore be assessed in nutrition surveillance activities. The objective of this study was to determine the level of food insecurity and hunger among HIV-positive persons accessing antiretroviral therapy in British Columbia. A cross-sectional study was performed in the BC HIV/AIDS drug treatment program, a province-wide source of free-of-charge antiretroviral medications. In 1998-1999, participants completed a questionnaire focusing on personal information, health, and clinical status. Food and hunger issues were evaluated with the Radimer/Cornell questionnaire. Overall, 1213 responding men and women were classified as food secure (52%), food insecure without hunger (27%), or food insecure with hunger (21 %). In both categories of food insecurity, individuals were significantly more likely to be women, aboriginals, living with children, and to have less education, a history of recreational injection drug and/or alcohol abuse, and an unstable housing situation (P < 0.05). In logistic multivariate modeling, income ≤ Can$10,000 [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 3.78, 95% CI (2.53-5.65)], shared household with children [AOR 3.68, 95% CI (1.98-6.84)] and unemployment [AOR 3.15, 95% CI (1.94-5.13)] were the strongest predictors of hunger. In HIV-positive individuals, the occurrence of food insecurity was nearly 5 times higher than in the general Canadian population. The results should stimulate further research to identify to what extent hunger-associated factors are reversible with interventions built on nutritional and/or social strategies. © 2005 American Society for Nutritional Sciences.
Authors & Co-Authors
Chan, Keith J.
Canada, Vancouver
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in Hiv-aids
Braitstein, Paula K.A.
Canada, Vancouver
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in Hiv-aids
Anema, Aranka
Canada, Vancouver
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in Hiv-aids
Montaner, Julio S.G.
Canada, Vancouver
St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver
Canada, Vancouver
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in Hiv-aids
Hogg, Robert S.
Canada, Vancouver
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in Hiv-aids
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Statistics
Citations: 134
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1093/jn/135.4.820
ISSN:
00223166
Research Areas
Food Security
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Substance Abuse
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Case-Control Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Participants Gender
Male
Female