Household food insecurity is prevalent in a cohort of postpartum women who registered in the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program in Toronto

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ID15094751
AutoresAlison Mildon (0000-0002-5550-0040, University of Toronto), Jane Francis (0000-0001-6676-6533, University of Toronto), Stacia Stewart (Regent Park Community Health Centre), Bronwyn Underhill (Regent Park Community Health Centre), Yi Man Ng (Regent Park Community Health Centre), Christina Rousseau, Valerie Tarasuk (0000-0001-6013-7859, University of Toronto), Erica Di Ruggiero (0000-0002-8935-7908, University of Toronto), Cindy-Lee Dennis (0000-0002-0135-7242, University of Toronto), Deborah L O’Connor (0000-0001-6331-091X, University of Toronto), Daniel Sellen (0000-0003-2124-6977, University of Toronto, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen26
Número7
Páginas1468-1477
Fecha de publicación2023-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPublic Health Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1368980023000459
PMID36919863
OpenAlexW4324303362
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas25

Objective: To assess the prevalence, severity and socio-demographic predictors of household food insecurity among vulnerable women accessing the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) and to examine associations between household food insecurity and breastfeeding practices to 6 months. Design: Cohort investigation pooling data from two studies which administered the 18-item Household Food Security Survey Module at 6 months postpartum and collected prospective infant feeding data at 2 weeks and 2, 4 and 6 months. Household food insecurity was classified as none, marginal, moderate or severe. Logistic regression analyses were performed to assess predictors of household food insecurity and associations between household food security (any and severity) and continued and exclusive breastfeeding. Setting: Three Toronto sites of the CPNP, a federal initiative targeting socially and/or economically vulnerable women. Participants: 316 birth mothers registered prenatally in the CPNP from 2017 to 2020. Results: Household food insecurity at 6 months postpartum was highly prevalent (44 %), including 11 % in the severe category. Risk of household food insecurity varied by CPNP site ( P Conclusions: Household food insecurity affected nearly half of this cohort of women accessing the CPNP. Further research is needed on household food insecurity across the national CPNP and other similar programmes, with consideration of the implications for programme design, service delivery and policy responses

Biology · Cohort · Cohort study · Environmental health · Food insecurity · Food security · Geography · Population · Pregnancy · Prenatal care · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine