Vulnerability to Food Insecurity in Urban Slums: Experiences from Nairobi, Kenya

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1098-1113

  Kimani Murage, E W ^a   Schofield, L ^b   Wekesah, F ^a   Mohamed, S ^a   Mberu, B ^a   Ettarh, R ^a   Egondi, T ^a   Kyobutungi, C ^a   Ezeh, A ^a  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crisis; Food security; Kenya; Sub Saharan Africa; Urban poor; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CATERING SERVICE; HUMAN; KENYA; POVERTY; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; POVERTY AREAS; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84911940878     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-014-9894-3     Document Type: Article

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