KEY INFORMANTS’ PERSPECTIVES ON FOOD SECURITY AMONG FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS IN KENYA
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چکیده
Social connectedness plays an important role in protecting food security, which requires multidisciplinary input from fields such as nutrition, agriculture, public health, social work and community development. This qualitative study explored security among female-headed households (FHHs) Kenya, part of a larger mixed methods doctoral study. Fifteen key informants monitoring were interviewed the phase thematic analysis generated nine themes, two are discussed. Results reveal that dietary diversity FHHs is poor: they often experience severe insecurity. Recommendations for practice, policy, future research provided.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0037-8054', '2312-7198']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15270/57-1-907