Food insecurity is associated with greater difficulty accessing care among people living with HIV with or without comorbid non-communicable diseases in western Kenya
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INTRODUCTION: The relationship between food insecurity and access to healthcare in low-resource settings remains unclear. Some studies find that food insecurity is a barrier to accessing care, while others report that food insecurity is associated with a greater need for care, leading to more care utilisation. We use data from the Harambee study in western Kenya to assess the association between food insecurity and difficulty accessing care among people living with HIV (PLWH) with or without comorbid non-communicable diseases (NCDs). METHODS: The Harambee study is a cluster randomised trial that tested the effectiveness of delivering integrated HIV and NCD care for PLWH. In this cross-sectional analysis, we examined baseline data from Harambee participants to investigate the relationship between household food insecurity and difficulty accessing care, using multivariable logistic regression models, controlling for sociodemographic factors and care satisfaction. We tested for effect measure modification by gender and household wealth and stratified analyses by NCD status. RESULTS: Among 1039 participants, 11.1% reported difficulty accessing care, and 18.9% and 51.9% of participants had moderate and severe food insecurity, respectively. Among those with difficulty accessing care, 73.9% cited transportation issues as the major barrier. Difficulty accessing care was greater with higher levels of food insecurity: among participants with low, moderate and severe food insecurity, 5.9%, 9.7% and 14.4% reported difficulty accessing care, respectively. After adjusting for confounders, severe food insecurity was independently associated with difficulty accessing care (adjusted OR=2.5, 95% CI 1.4 to 4.4). There was no statistical evidence for effect measure modification by gender or wealth. CONCLUSIONS: We found that greater food insecurity was associated with greater difficulty accessing care among PLWH with or without NCDs in rural western Kenya. These findings suggest that addressing social determinants of health may be necessary when implementing integrated HIV and NCD care programmes
Agriculture · Confounding · Environmental health · Food insecurity · Food security · Geography · Health care · Logistic regression · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Gerontology
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