加纳北部妇女可选择的社区园艺和水库,以获取微量营养素

Clement Kubreziga Kubuga
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在世界范围内,由于饮食质量差和亚人群需求增加,妇女普遍存在微量营养素缺乏症。在加纳,加纳北部的微量营养素缺乏症非常严重,特别是在漫长的干旱/贫瘠季节。这项研究的目的是调查早期一项改善微量营养素摄入的试点研究的结果是否可以在整个旱季复制,并探索替代和可持续的旱季园艺模式,以改善加纳北部妇女的饮食质量。方法准实验研究中,实验设计分为实验群体(n = 102)和对照群体(n = 104)。为实验小区的参与者提供木制容器、土壤保水技术(SWRT)床和用于蔬菜生产的水库。控制社区没有收到上述任何信息。试点研究的结果在整个旱季都得到了成功的复制:容器和SWRT社区园艺作为旱季农业的替代模式,改善了妇女在旱季/瘦季的饮食质量。在干预组中,食用非多样化饮食的女性比例下降了41%。此外,社区水银行成功地支持了五个月的社区园艺。这一发现为加纳北部传统灌溉系统的缺点提供了一个潜在的解决方案。结论社区旱季园艺替代模式有助于改善加纳北部地区微量营养素摄入量和营养安全。虽然这项研究的结果是有希望的,但人们认识到需要进行更广泛的研究。
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Alternative community-based gardening and water banks for micronutrients intake among women in northern Ghana

Objectives

Worldwide, women experience high prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies due to poor quality diets and elevated needs of the subpopulation. In Ghana, micronutrient deficiencies are pronounced in northern Ghana especially during the prolonged dry/lean season. This study aimed to investigate whether or not the results from an earlier pilot study to improve micronutrient intakes could be replicated through the entire dry season and to explore alternative and sustainable dry season gardening models to improve diet quality among women in northern Ghana.

Methods

In this quasi-experimental study, the experimental design comprised an experimental community (n = 102) and a control community (n = 104). Participants in the experimental community were provided with wooden containers, soil water retention technology (SWRT) beds, and water reservoirs for vegetables production. Control community did not receive any of the above.

Results

The pilot study's results were successfully replicated throughout the dry season: container and SWRT community-based gardening as alternative dry season farming models, improved diet quality among women during the dry/lean season. The proportion of women consuming non diverse diets declined by 41 % in the intervention group. Furthermore, community-based gardening was successfully supported by community-based water banks for five months. This finding offers a potential solution to the shortcomings of conventional irrigation systems in northern Ghana.

Conclusion

Alternative community-based dry season gardening models can contribute to improve micronutrient intakes and nutrition security in northern Ghana. Though the results of this study are promising, it is recognized that more extensive research is necessary.
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Dialogues in health
Dialogues in health Public Health and Health Policy
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