Poverty and household food security of black South African farm workers: The legacy of social inequalities

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 830-836

  Kruger, A ^a   Lemke, S ^a,b   Phometsi, Mars ^a   Van't Riet, H ^a,c   Pienaar, A E ^a   Kotze, G ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Farm workers; FLAGH programme; Household food security; Poverty; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; JOB FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; STUNTING SYNDROME; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33846821662     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/PHN2005927     Document Type: Article

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