Food insecurity and public health / edited by Louise C. Ivers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ivers, Louise C.

CRC Press.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food security--Health aspects.

Food security.

Public health.

Nutrition.

Food Supply.

Public Health.

Medical Subjects:

Food Supply.

Public Health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 210 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2015]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Affecting more than 800 million people, food insecurity is a global problem that runs deeper than hunger and undernutrition. In addition to the obvious impact on physical well-being, food insecurity can result in risky coping strategies, increased expenditures on medical costs or transportation, and mental health issues. A review of the concepts and impacts of food insecurity through the lens of public health, Food Insecurity and Public Health details the complex issue of food insecurity and explores its reach beyond economics and agronomics. The book guides you through the fundamentals, beginning with theory, and the challenges in measuring it, and moving on to the impact of food insecurity on health. The book details the implications of food insecurity on public health practice, including epidemiology and outcomes of diseases such as HIV, TB, and non-communicable diseases, and the specific impact on women's health. It closes with case studies from the Navajo Nation, Kenya, and Southern Africa, offering the opportunity to learn from real-life successes and challenges. Each chapter also considers programs or interventions that have been used to attempt to address the issue, including a discussion of the US federal food stamps program. In truth, however, there continues to be a dearth of data on the ways in which programs can effectively address the problem of food insecurity at the household, community, or district level in either the short or long term-beyond, of course, the elimination of poverty, which is no doubt a root cause of the problem. The book gives you context for considering the links between food insecurity and health, and a framework for seeking integrated solutions to both problems. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Food Security and Program Integration: An Overview / Tony Castleman Castleman, Tony, Gilles Bergeron Bergeron, Gilles 1

Chapter 2 Food Insecurity and Health: A Conceptual Framework / Sheri D. Weiser Weiser, Sheri D., Kartika Polar Polar, Kartika, Abigail M. Hatcher Hatcher, Abigail M., Sera Young Young, Sera, Edward A. Frongillo Frongillo, Edward A., Barbara Laraia Laraia, Barbara 23

Chapter 3 Food Insecurity Measurement / Jennifer Coates Coates, Jennifer 51

Chapter 4 Nutrition, Food Security, Social Protection, and Health Systems Strengthening for Ending AIDS / Divya Mehra Mehra, Divya, Saskia de Pee Pee, Saskia de, Martin W. Bloem Bloem, Martin W. 69

Chapter 5 Food Insecurity and Tuberculosis / Cara S. Guenther Guenther, Cara S., Louise C. Ivers Ivers, Louise C. 91

Chapter 6 Food Insecurity and Noncommunicable Diseases among the Poorest / Gene Bukhman Bukhman, Gene 113

Chapter 7 Food Insecurity: Special Considerations for Women's Health / Jessica E. Teng Teng, Jessica E., Kimberly A. Cullen Cullen, Kimberly A., Louise C. Ivers Ivers, Louise C. 133

Chapter 8 Understanding Food Insecurity in Navajo Nation through the Community Lens / Dana Eldridge Eldridge, Dana, Robyn Jackson Jackson, Robyn, Shruthi Rajashekara Rajashekara, Shruthi, Emily Piltch Piltch, Emily, Mae-Gilene Begay Begay, Mae-Gilene, Joan VanWassenhove VanWassenhove, Joan, Jacque Jim Jim, Jacque, Jonathan Abeita Abeita, Jonathan, LaJuanna Daye Daye, LaJuanna, Leroy Joe Joe, Leroy, Martha Williams Williams, Martha, Maxine Castillo Castillo, Maxine, Meria Miller-Castillo Miller-Castillo, Meria, Sherry Begaye Begaye, Sherry, Vangie Tully Tully, Vangie, Sonya Shin Shin, Sonya 155

Chapter 9 Overview of the Cost of Hunger in Africa-Executive Summary: Social and Economic Impact of Child Undernutrition in Egypt, Ethiopia, Swaziland, and Uganda 175

UN Economic Commission for Africa; New Partnership of Africa's Development Planning and Coordinating Agency (NEPAD); Regional Integration Division (NRID)

Chapter 10 Integrating Nutrition Support for Food-Insecure Patients and Their Dependents into an HIV Care and Treatment Program in Western Kenya / Joseph Mamlin Mamlin, Joseph, Sylvester Kimaiyo Kimaiyo, Sylvester, Stephen Lewis Lewis, Stephen, Hannah Tadayo Tadayo, Hannah, Fanice Komen Jerop Jerop, Fanice Komen, Catherine Gichunge Gichunge, Catherine, Tomeka Petersen Petersen, Tomeka, Yuehwern Yih Yih, Yuehwern, Paula Braitstein Braitstein, Paula, Robert Einterz Einterz, Robert, Cleophas Wanyonyi Chesoli Chesoli, Cleophas Wanyonyi 191.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, FL Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781466599062

1466599065

Publisher Number:

99963755650

Access Restriction:

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