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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Household water insecurity is strongly associated with food insecurity: Evidence from 27 sites in low- and middle-income countries
American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 32, No. 1, Article e23309, Year 2020
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Objectives: Food and water insecurity have both been demonstrated as acute and chronic stressors and undermine human health and development. A basic untested proposition is that they chronically coexist, and that household water insecurity is a fundamental driver of household food insecurity. Methods: We provide a preliminary assessment of their association using cross-sectional data from 27 sites with highly diverse forms of water insecurity in 21 low- and middle-income countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas (N = 6691 households). Household food insecurity and its subdomains (food quantity, food quality, and anxiety around food) were estimated using the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale; water insecurity and subdomains (quantity, quality, and opportunity costs) were estimated based on similar self-reported data. Results: In multilevel generalized linear mixed-effect modeling (GLMM), composite water insecurity scores were associated with higher scores for all subdomains of food insecurity. Rural households were better buffered against water insecurity effects on food quantity and urban ones for food quality. Similarly, higher scores for all subdomains of water insecurity were associated with greater household food insecurity. Conclusions: Considering the diversity of sites included in the modeling, the patterning supports a basic theory: household water insecurity chronically coexists with household food insecurity. Water insecurity is a more plausible driver of food insecurity than the converse. These findings directly challenge development practices in which household food security interventions are often enacted discretely from water security ones. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Brewis, Alexandra A.
United States, Tempe
Arizona State University
Workman, Cassandra L.
United States, Greensboro
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Wutich, Amber Y.
United States, Tempe
Arizona State University
Jepson, Wendy E.
United States, College Station
Texas A&m University
Young, Sera L.
United States, Evanston
Northwestern University
Adams, Ellis Adjei
Unknown Affiliation
Ahmed, Farooq
Unknown Affiliation
Alexander, Mallika
Unknown Affiliation
Balogun, Mobolanle Rasheedat
Unknown Affiliation
Boivin, Michael Joseph
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Carrillo, Genny
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Chapman, Kelly S.
Unknown Affiliation
Cole, Stroma K.G.
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Collins, Shalean M.
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Freeman, Matthew Charles
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Gershim, Asiki
Unknown Affiliation
Ghattas, Hala
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Hagaman, Ashley K.
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Jamaluddine, Zeina
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Tshala-Katumbay, Désiré Desire
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Krishnakumar, Divya
Unknown Affiliation
Maes, Kenneth C.
Unknown Affiliation
Mathad, Jyoti S.
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Maupin, Jonathan Nathaniel
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Mbullo, Patrick Owuor
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Miller, Joshua D.
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Niesluchowski, Monet
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Pearson, Amber L.
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Melgar-Quiñónez, Hugo Ramiro
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Rosinger, Asher Yoel
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Santoso, Marianne Victoria
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Schuster, Roseanne C.
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Srivastava, Sonali
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Staddon, Chad
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Stoler, Justin B.
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Sullivan, Andrea
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Tesfaye, Yihenew Alemu
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Triviño, Nathaly
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Trowell, Alex
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Tutu, Raymond Asare
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Eini-Zinab, Hassan
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Statistics
Citations: 89
Authors: 41
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/ajhb.23309
ISSN:
10420533
Research Areas
Environmental
Food Security
Health System And Policy
Mental Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study