Seasonal variation of food security among the Batwa of Kanungu, Uganda

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-11

  Patterson, Kaitlin ^a   Berrang Ford, Lea ^b,c   Lwasa, Shuaib ^c,d   Namanya, Didacus B ^c,e   Ford, James ^b,c   Twebaze, Fortunate ^d   Clark, Sierra ^b   Donnelly, Blánaid ^b   Harper, Sherilee L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Indigenous Health Adaptation to Climate Change Research Team   (Canada)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Food security; Indigenous populations; Mixed methods; Seasonal variation; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

CATERING SERVICE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; UGANDA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA;

EID: 84987617956     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980016002494     Document Type: Article

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