Seguridad alimentaria luego del confinamiento en adultos del área urbana del Cantón Gualaquiza, 2021 - 2022

Abstract

Introduction: Food security is the access to healthy and nutritious food, when the pillars on which it is sustained fail, there is food insecurity. Maintaining food security is the goal of all countries; however, since the end of 2019 it has become a real challenge due to the COVID - 19 pandemic (2). General objective: To determine food security after confinement in adults in the urban area of the Gualaquiza canton, 2021 - 2022. Methodology: cross-sectional analytical study that allowed determining food security in the urban area of the Gualaquiza canton. A survey was applied to330 people with sociodemographic data, socioeconomic status and FIES scale. The data was tabulated in SPSS and analyzed with frequencies, percentages, chi square, prevalence ratio and 95% confidence index. Results: The female gender predominated (65%), mestizo ethnicity (88.8%); single (42.42%), high school graduates (43.54%) and typical C+ Average socioeconomic stratum with 42%. 24.85% had food security after confinement while 19.7% had moderate insecurity and 3.3% severe insecurity. Food insecurity was associated with ethnicity (p: 0.044), education (p: 0.004), and socioeconomic status (p: 0.000). Women were 1.17 times more likely to have it (PR: 1.17 CI: 1.01-1.35). Conclusion: Food security was affected after confinement in the study group since only a quarter of the population had it and women were the most affected by food Insecurity.