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{"title":"“Long walk to 2030”: A bibliometric and systematic review of research trends on the UN sustainable development goal 3","authors":"Saheed Adekunle Raji ,&nbsp;Michael Olusegun Demehin","doi":"10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100132","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100132","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Since the initiation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the United Nations in 2015, researchers worldwide have investigated various aspects of it. One of the key areas of interest is the third SDG, which focuses on health, with its series of indicators.</p></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><p>This study aims to analyze the contributions of academia by using bibliographic mapping to examine scholarly publications on SDG health from 2015 to 2021.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We analyzed bibliographic data from The Lens database between 2015 and 2021 using Bibliometrix page and VOSviewer. Our analysis focused on scholarly productivity, bibliometric analysis, and geographic distribution of the outputs.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>We retrieved a total of 450 documents from The Lens database, with articles being the most dominant document typology at 99.8%. The mean age of the documents was 3.85 years, with a total of 18,440 citations. The mean citation per document was 40.98, and the mean citation per document per year was 5.85. The leading article, published in The Lancet journal, studied the effect of multiple adverse childhood experiences on health and received 1809 citations in five years. Keyword co-occurrence analysis generated three clusters, with the keyword ‘human’ appearing in 75.11% of all the publications. The University of London and World Health Organization were the leading institutions, while the United Kingdom, the United States, and Switzerland were the most productive countries.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>This study provides policymakers working on SDG health with valuable insights into research gaps within the indicators and funding challenges facing developing countries.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72803,"journal":{"name":"Dialogues in health","volume":"2 ","pages":"Article 100132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45030607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What do popular YouTube videos say about genetically modified foods? A content analysis","authors":"Sawyer I. Basch ,&nbsp;Lalitha Samuel ,&nbsp;Joseph Fera","doi":"10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100131","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100131","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><p>YouTube is one of the most popular media sharing platforms that facilitates both professionals and lay people to participate in dissemination of knowledge and opinions. Its wide-reaching impact allows both top-down and bottom-up flow of information between experts and lay audience. With a vast proportion of Americans obtaining health-related information digitally, the purpose of this study was to describe the content of 100 most viewed YouTube videos in the English language, specific to genetically modified foods (GMFs).</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Using the search terms “genetically modified foods” the URLs and metadata for 100 English YouTube videos with the highest viewership were curated. Each video was viewed, and dichotomously coded for the absence or presence of ten content categories. Descriptive statistics, percentages of categorical variables and independent one-tailed t-tests (α=.05) were conducted to assess the statistical effect of the absence or presence of these categories on the number of views and likes garnered by the videos.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Cumulatively, the 100 videos observed received 65,536,885 views and 1,328,605 likes. Only 7% of the videos were created by professionally credentialed individuals or organizations. More than 90% of the sampled videos described GMFs with an example, 50% mentioned their role in alleviating hunger, and 65% mentioned ecological concerns attributed to GMFs.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Our results underscore the need for health professionals to increase their digital presence on online media sharing platforms such as YouTube, and capitalize on its pervasiveness as potential conduits of accurate scientific information to equip consumers make evidence-based, informed decision regarding GMFs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72803,"journal":{"name":"Dialogues in health","volume":"2 ","pages":"Article 100131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43289893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effect of emotion-based nutrition messages on consumption of calcium-rich foods among early adolescents in Ogbomoso, Nigeria","authors":"Oluwaseun Ariyo ,&nbsp;Olubunmi Alabi ,&nbsp;Elizabeth O. Aleru ,&nbsp;Tomilola J. Ojo","doi":"10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100130","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100130","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Calcium is a vital micronutrient for several physiological processes, yet it remains one of the significant shortfall nutrients among Nigerian adolescents.</p></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><p>This study was designed to assess the effect of emotion-based nutrition messages on the consumption of calcium-rich foods among early adolescents in Ogbomoso, Nigeria.</p></div><div><h3>Methodology</h3><p>The quasi-experimental study involved 220 adolescents (experimental: 110 and control: 110) selected using a three-stage sampling procedure. A semi-structured, interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect socio-demographic characteristics, dietary practice, calcium-rich foods consumption pattern, calcium intake, and anthropometric parameters. Second, calcium-rich foods consumption pattern was assessed using a food frequency questionnaire, and intake was evaluated using the multi-pass 24-hour dietary recall to define adequacy at intake level ≥1,300 mg per day. Third, the experimental group had five weeks of nutrition education using emotion-based nutrition messages. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the Chi-square test at p &lt; 0.05.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The age of respondents (years) in experimental (12.88±1.41) and control (13.4±1.03) groups was similar. Primary dietary calcium sources were meat, chicken, egg, white beans, cheese, soy milk, oranges, and locust beans at baseline. At post-intervention, intake of other calcium-rich foods such as milk, yogurt, ice cream, okra, sardine, and unripe plantain increased, however, calcium intake remains similar in both control (238.41±92.4 mg; 235.40±92.92 mg) and experimental groups (239.76±51 mg; 241.46±100.89 mg) at baseline and post-intervention, respectively. The overall calcium intake of the adolescents remains below the recommended intake level of 1,300 mg.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Emotion-based nutritional messages did not significantly increase the total calcium intake among early adolescents.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72803,"journal":{"name":"Dialogues in health","volume":"2 ","pages":"Article 100130"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43155403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of multimorbidity on severe COVID-19 outcomes in community and congregate settings","authors":"Anna Pefoyo Kone ,&nbsp;Lynn Martin ,&nbsp;Deborah Scharf ,&nbsp;Helen Gabriel ,&nbsp;Tamara Dean ,&nbsp;Idevania Costa ,&nbsp;Refik Saskin ,&nbsp;Luis Palma ,&nbsp;Walter P. Wodchis","doi":"10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100128","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100128","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><p>This study examined the impact of multimorbidity on severe COVID-19 outcomes in community and long-term care (LTC) settings, alone and in interaction with age and sex.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We conducted a retrospective cohort study of all Ontarians who tested positive for COVID-19 between January-2020 and May-2021 with follow-up until June 2021. We used cox regression to evaluate the adjusted impact of multimorbidity, individual characteristics, and interactions on time to hospitalization and death (any cause).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>24.5% of the cohort had 2 or more pre-existing conditions. Multimorbidity was associated with 28% to 170% shorter time to hospitalization and death, respectively. However, predictors of hospitalization and death differed for people living in community and LTC. In community, increasing multimorbidity and age predicted shortened time to hospitalization and death. In LTC, we found none of the predictors examined were associated with time to hospitalization, except for increasing age that predicted reduced time to death up to 40.6 times. Sex was a predictor across all settings and outcomes: among male the risk of hospitalization or death was higher shortly after infection (e.g. HR for males at 14 days = 30.3) while among female risk was higher for both outcome in the longer term (e.g. HR for males at 150 days = 0.16). Age and sex modified the impact of multimorbidity in the community.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Community-focused public health measures should be targeted and consider sociodemographic and clinical characteristics such as multimorbidity. In LTC settings, further research is needed to identify factors that may contribute to improved outcomes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72803,"journal":{"name":"Dialogues in health","volume":"2 ","pages":"Article 100128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10043958/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9241511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Branching out: Feasibility of examining the effects of greenspace on mental health after traumatic brain injury","authors":"Alexandra B. Holland ,&nbsp;Achituv Cohen ,&nbsp;Afik Faerman ,&nbsp;Trisalyn A. Nelson ,&nbsp;Brittany Wright ,&nbsp;Raj G. Kumar ,&nbsp;Esther Ngan ,&nbsp;Susan Herrera ,&nbsp;Shannon B. Juengst","doi":"10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100129","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100129","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aim</h3><p>This pilot study’s aim was to determine the feasibility of examining the effects of an environmental variable (i.e., tree canopy coverage) on mental health after sustaining a brain injury.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A secondary data analysis was conducted leveraging existing information on mental health after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) from the TBI Model System. Mental health was measured using PHQ-9 (depression) and GAD-7 (anxiety) scores. The data were compared with data on tree canopy coverage in the state of Texas that was obtained from the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium using GIS analysis. Tree canopy coverage as an indicator of neighborhood socioeconomic status was also examined using the Neighborhood SES Index.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Tree canopy coverage had weak and non-significant correlations with anxiety and depression scores, as well as neighborhood socioeconomic status. Data analysis was limited by small sample size. However, there is a higher percentage (18.8%) of participants who reported moderate to severe depression symptoms in areas with less than 30% tree canopy coverage, compared with 6.6% of participants who endorsed moderate to severe depression symptoms and live in areas with more than 30% tree canopy coverage (there was no difference in anxiety scores).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Our work confirms the feasibility of measuring the effects of tree canopy coverage on mental health after brain injury and warrants further investigation into examining tree canopy coverage and depression after TBI. Future work will include nationwide analyses to potentially detect significant relationships, as well as examine differences in geographic location.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72803,"journal":{"name":"Dialogues in health","volume":"2 ","pages":"Article 100129"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48585540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What does it take to make a wrong decision? A qualitative study from Pakistan’s health sector","authors":"Mohsin Saeed Khan ,&nbsp;Babar Tasneem Shaikh","doi":"10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100127","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100127","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Pakistan’s health system over the past three decades has experienced social, economic, geopolitical instability, and notwithstanding man-made and natural catastrophes. Since 2001, the health system in Pakistan has undergone three phases of organizational and management reforms and does not have a unified national health policy since then. The aim of this research was to assess the factors behind the decision-making by policy planners in the health system of Pakistan.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>An exploratory qualitative study based on grounded theory was designed where in-depth interviews conducted with 20 representatives of the political constituencies, civil bureaucracy, health planners and managers, research and educational institutions, NGOs providing technical support in the health sector, development partners and media.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>There leading reason cited was the dearth of leadership in health sector, which is compounded by a range of factors such as “institutional monopoly”, “contextual deterrents”, “power for turf”; “inadequate knowledge”, and “design faults”. Such factors were perceived to have a serious effect on the competencies, roles and responsibilities, use of knowledge for decision making. The behavioral aspects of decision makers include the “mindset,” and “conflicting interests”.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The multitude of factors and complexities within the health sector of Pakistan continue to widen the vacuum in the leadership echelons. Hence, there is a high probability of taking wrong decisions not based on evidence, and resulting in a grossly under-performing health system.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72803,"journal":{"name":"Dialogues in health","volume":"2 ","pages":"Article 100127"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42779160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adherence to behavioural intervention in RCT study by the women experiencing domestic violence and attending ANC in a public hospital in India-an analysis","authors":"Meerambika Mahapatro,&nbsp;Sudeshna Roy,&nbsp;Poonam Nayar,&nbsp;Suruchi Panchkaran,&nbsp;Ashwini Jadhav","doi":"10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100126","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100126","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>The paper aims to identify the factors for effective implementation and adherence to the behavioural intervention package by women experiencing domestic violence (DV) and attending ANC in a public hospital.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A qualitative study was undertaken with 211 pregnant women experiencing DV and attending antenatal care (ANC) at the LN Hospital, New Delhi. The intervention was given to women recruited under the RCT study. The narratives were analysed under two broad themes, impeding and facilitating factors, with nine sub-themes.</p></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><p>Impeding factors are external factors generated by the structural interaction of the participants, whereas facilitating factors are supplied internally in the trial to eliminate the influence of impeding factors and singulate the factors under study. Our results show that despite the plethora of impeding factors (nine), the overall sum impact of impeding factors falls short of the positive impact of facilitating factors (nine), which were minor adjustments but reinforce participation in the trial and adherence with 97% follow-up rates.</p></div><div><h3>Interpretation</h3><p>Our study findings are expected to reset the treatment protocol, which entails converting impeding factors into facilitating factors for appropriate adherence and compliance and adequate access and utilization of public services. The sensitization of healthcare providers to the impact of the quality of human interaction on the patient and its impact on the uptake of healthcare services and adherence is needed, particularly in the public hospitals of India.</p></div><div><h3>Funding</h3><p>Funds received for the research are from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, Government of India.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72803,"journal":{"name":"Dialogues in health","volume":"2 ","pages":"Article 100126"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42404318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Long-term quality of life and work ability among severe COVID-19 survivors: A multicenter study","authors":"Anshul Jain ,&nbsp;Prashant Gupta ,&nbsp;Apurva Abhinandan Mittal ,&nbsp;Narendra Singh Sengar ,&nbsp;Rachna Chaurasia ,&nbsp;Neeraj Banoria ,&nbsp;Arvind Kankane ,&nbsp;Arpita Saxena ,&nbsp;Brijendra ,&nbsp;Mrinal Sharma","doi":"10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100124","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100124","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is known for its variable severity and high infectivity. Though fewer than 15% of infected cases develop severe disease, a major proportion had prolonged stay in the intensive care unit (ICU). Prolonged ICU stay is known to have a long-term impact on behavior and quality of life.⁸ Therefore, it is likely that patients discharged after severe COVID-19 have issues that persist for long term. The current study aimed to assess the long-term impact of severe COVID-19 on the Quality of life (QOL), sleep pattern, behavior, and workability.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>The current multicenter study adopted a cross-sectional design to analyze data from two tertiary care COVID-19 dedicated hospitals. All experimental procedures were approved by the ethics committee of the M.L.B Medical College. Participants were 20–60 age group who had been admitted to the ICU because of severe COVID-19 and had elapsed at least one and a half year since their discharge. After informed written consent the participants were assessed for: EUROHIS-QOL 8-item index; Workability Score; Quality of sleep; The major depression inventory (MDI) questionnaire; Generalized anxiety disorder 7 item scale (GAD-7); Current global health status score: an innovative subjective scale (1 –10) to determine the current global health status when 5 is the status before COVID-19.</p></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><p>491 participants were assessed, the median follow-up time after discharge from the hospital was 561·0 days (range, 548–580 days). The mean duration of ICU stay was 8.72 ± 2.85 days. There was significant reduction in the prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and hypertension as compared with discharge time. The mean of EUROHIS-QOL score, workability score, current global health status score was 3.28 ± 0.98, 6.87 ± 0.85, 4.53 ± 1.36 respectively. The mean MDI and anxiety scores were 4.12 ± 1.45 and 18.63 ± 3.28, respectively.</p></div><div><h3>Interpretation</h3><p>Severe COVID-19 survivors have new-onset psychological disorders and sleep disturbances. Long term quality of life and work ability remains poor after prolong ICU admission secondary to severe COVID-19.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72803,"journal":{"name":"Dialogues in health","volume":"2 ","pages":"Article 100124"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10010834/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9244867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Inequities in routine preventive care utilization among persons with overweight/obesity in the United States: An analysis of nativity, racial and ethnic identity, and socioeconomic status","authors":"Biplab Kumar Datta ,&nbsp;Steven S. Coughlin ,&nbsp;Ban Majeed","doi":"10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100125","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100125","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Extant literature documented various health disparities among immigrants and racial and ethnically marginalized individuals in the United States. However, health disparities in the intersection of nativity and race are generally less visited. This cross-sectional study assessed utilization of routine preventive care among adults with overweight/obesity at the junction of their nativity, racial/ethnic identity, and socioeconomic status (i.e., income and education). Pooling data on 120,184 adults with overweight/obesity from the 2013–2018 waves of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), we estimated modified Poisson regressions with robust standard errors to obtain adjusted prevalence rates of preventive care visit, receiving flu shot, and having blood pressure, cholesterol and blood glucose screened. We found that immigrant adults with overweight/obesity had lower rates of utilization of all five preventive care services. However, these patterns varied by racial and ethnic sub-populations. While White immigrants had comparable rates of cholesterol and blood glucose screening, they had 2.7%, 2.9%, and 14.5% lower rates of preventive care visit, blood pressure screening, and getting a flu shot respectively, compared to native-born Whites. These patterns were similar for Asian immigrants as well. Black immigrants, on the other hand, had comparable rates of getting a flu shot and blood glucose screening, and had 5.2%, 4.9%, and 4.9% lower rates of preventive care visit, blood pressure screening, and cholesterol screening respectively. Lastly, the rates of utilization among Hispanic immigrants were significantly lower (ranging from 9.2% to 20%) than those of their native-born counterparts for all five preventive care services. These rates further varied by education, income, and length of stay in the US, within the racial and ethnic sub-groups. Our findings thus suggest a complex relationship between nativity and racial/ethnic identity in relation to preventive care utilization among adults with overweight/obesity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72803,"journal":{"name":"Dialogues in health","volume":"2 ","pages":"Article 100125"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10292657/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9724395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Dietary diversity, nutritional status, and agricultural commercialization: evidence from adult men of rural farm households","authors":"Olutosin Ademola Otekunrin ,&nbsp;Idris Akanbi Ayinde ,&nbsp;Rahman Akintayo Sanusi ,&nbsp;Oluseye Olusegun Onabanjo","doi":"10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100121","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Access to healthy and affordable diet hinged on the realization of Sustainable Development Goal 2, higher productivity and, economic prosperity while it is difficult for a poorly nourished people to achieve optimum production of goods and services. This study assessed whether dietary diversity (DD) and nutritional status of adult men are associated with crop commercialization index (CCI) levels of agricultural households in two states of Southwestern Nigeria. This research utilized 352 farm households, comprising 277 adult male members. The individual version of dietary diversity score (DDS) of 9 food groups was used to calculate adult men’s DDS over a 24-h recall. Anthropometric data was obtained using body mass index (BMI) while CCI levels was estimated for each agricultural household. Logistic regression and ordered logit models were used to examine the determinants of adult men’s dietary diversity and nutritional status respectively. Hundred percent of adult men consumed starchy staples, with 11.2% consuming egg, 5.8% milk and milk products and 0.4% consuming organ meat over 24-h recall. Adult men of CCI 2 and CCI 4 agricultural households recorded overweight prevalence of &gt;20% in Ogun state while the association between DDS and CCI was statistically insignificant suggesting that being a member of any of the CCI households may not guarantee the consumption of healthy diets among adult men. From Logit regression analysis, it is more likely for adult men with higher farm size to attain the minimum DDS of 4 food groups than those with smaller size of farmland (OR = 4.78; 95% CI: 1.94, 11.76; p = 0.001). The age, farm experience, and cassava marketing experience were positively related to the likelihood of obtaining the minimum DDS. For adult men to achieve a healthy diet, their diet pattern must incorporate a more diversified intake of food from different food groups capable of improving their nutritional status. This study emphasized the need for relevant stakeholders to provide adequate nutrition knowledge intervention programmes capable of improving the diets and nutrition of adult men and other members of farm households.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72803,"journal":{"name":"Dialogues in health","volume":"2 ","pages":"Article 100121"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49775884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}