Food Security and Nutrition among Adults Living with Disability in Nakuru County, Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorChege, Peter
dc.contributor.authorGachuir, Grace
dc.contributor.authorNdungu, Zipporah
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-07T06:56:12Z
dc.date.available2021-05-07T06:56:12Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractPeople living with disability (PLD) are among the most vulnerable groups to health and nutrition problems mainly due to limited access to essential services. Minimal information exists on food security and nutrition status among PLD as they are normally excluded from many researches due to challenges in conducting assessments. This study aimed to document the food security and nutrition status. The study adopted a cross-sectional analytical research design, in Nakuru municipality, Nakuru County on a randomly selected sample of 422 adults living with various forms of disability. Data was collected using a semi-structured questionnaire. Quantitative data was analyzed using SPSS. Physical disability (67.2%) was the main disability problem, followed by mental disability (15.2%), deafness/dumbness (10.9%) and visual impairment (5.1%). Over 68% were dependent on other people for movement and accessibility to essential services. Most of the PLD (55.5%) earned an income of <100 USD monthly, leading to about 40% being food insecure. Prevalence of hypertension, diabetes and cardio-vascular diseases was 25.8%, 5.5% and 6.3%, respectively. The prevalence of overweight, obesity and underweight was 21.5%, 10.2% and 23.4%, respectively, a clear indication of dual burden of malnutrition. Over a half (53.9%) were noted to be living with stigma towards disability. Among PLD, food insecurity and poor nutrition status is a common phenomenon. There exists a dual burden of malnutrition. There is thus need to train PLD on good nutrition and on entrepreneurship for income generation.en_US
dc.identifier.citationChege PM, Gachuiri GW, Ndungu ZW (2019) Food Security and Nutrition among Adults Living with Disability in Nakuru County, Kenya. Nutr Food Technol Open Access 5(1): dx.doi.org/10.16966/2470-6086.157en_US
dc.identifier.issn2470-6086
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/22098
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNutrition and Food Technology: Open Accessen_US
dc.subjectPeople living with disabilityen_US
dc.subjectFood securityen_US
dc.subjectNutrition statusen_US
dc.subjectAdultsen_US
dc.titleFood Security and Nutrition among Adults Living with Disability in Nakuru County, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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