Relationship between home garden ownership and the consumption of fruits and vegetables
Abstract Objective: This study assessed the extent to which access to home gardens associate with the frequency of fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption. Setting: The study was carried out in fifty rural communities in Northern Ghana where food insecurity and malnutrition including micronutrient...
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Abstract
Objective:
This study assessed the extent to which access to home gardens associate with the frequency of fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption.
Setting:
The study was carried out in fifty rural communities in Northern Ghana where food insecurity and malnutrition including micronutrient deficiencies are prevalent.
Design:
A community-based comparative analytical cross-sectional study.
Participants:
A sample of 847 randomly selected rural households.
Results:
The proportion of households that consumed FV at least 3 d in a week was 45 %. Members in households who owned a home garden were 1·5 times more likely to consume FV at least 3 d in a week (adjusted OR (AOR) = 1·46 (95 % CI 1·06–2·0)), compared with their counterparts who had no home gardens. Furthermore, households in which mothers had a positive attitude towards FV consumption were 1·6 times more likely to consume FV (AOR = 1·63 (95 % CI 1·17–2·27)) compared with mothers who were less positive.
Conclusions:
Our results suggest that food and nutrition policy measures that promote home gardens can improve consumption of diversified diets including FV among vulnerable rural households in Northern Ghana. Additionally, households with lower income may benefit from nutrition behaviour change communication campaigns directed towards increasing a positive attitude to FV intake.
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| spelling | doaj.art-bf7462b45ed64d44a3b38dcf09c6e4c82024-02-12T12:18:45ZengCambridge University PressPublic Health Nutrition1368-98001475-27272024-01-012710.1017/S1368980024000272Relationship between home garden ownership and the consumption of fruits and vegetablesMahama Saaka0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0295-0328Simon Awini1Fred Kizito2Eric Nang3University for Development Studies, School of Allied Health Sciences, P O Box 1883, Tamale, GhanaGhana Health Service, Wa West District Health Administration, Wechau, GhanaInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Tamale, GhanaGhana Health Service, Nadowli-Kaleo District Health Administration, Nadowli, Ghana Abstract Objective: This study assessed the extent to which access to home gardens associate with the frequency of fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption. Setting: The study was carried out in fifty rural communities in Northern Ghana where food insecurity and malnutrition including micronutrient deficiencies are prevalent. Design: A community-based comparative analytical cross-sectional study. Participants: A sample of 847 randomly selected rural households. Results: The proportion of households that consumed FV at least 3 d in a week was 45 %. Members in households who owned a home garden were 1·5 times more likely to consume FV at least 3 d in a week (adjusted OR (AOR) = 1·46 (95 % CI 1·06–2·0)), compared with their counterparts who had no home gardens. Furthermore, households in which mothers had a positive attitude towards FV consumption were 1·6 times more likely to consume FV (AOR = 1·63 (95 % CI 1·17–2·27)) compared with mothers who were less positive. Conclusions: Our results suggest that food and nutrition policy measures that promote home gardens can improve consumption of diversified diets including FV among vulnerable rural households in Northern Ghana. Additionally, households with lower income may benefit from nutrition behaviour change communication campaigns directed towards increasing a positive attitude to FV intake. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1368980024000272/type/journal_articleHome gardensFruit and vegetable consumptionKnowledge scoresNorthern Ghana |
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| title_short | Relationship between home garden ownership and the consumption of fruits and vegetables |
| title_sort | relationship between home garden ownership and the consumption of fruits and vegetables |
| topic | Home gardens Fruit and vegetable consumption Knowledge scores Northern Ghana |
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