Journal of Nutrition and Food Security

en Household Food Insecurity and Its Determinant Factors in Eastern Ethiopia in 2021 public specific orginal article <div style="text-align: justify;">Background: Many households in urban areas suffer from severe food insecurity. In Ethiopia, current economic recession, pandemic, locust invasion, and conflict, disproportionately aggravated the problems. This study aims to assess food insecurity in household and its factors in the Eastern Ethiopia. Methods: A community-based, cross-sectional study was conducted to assess 616 households in urban areas of Eastern Ethiopia using simple random sampling. FANTA Indicator Guide (v.3) Questionnaires were used as data collection tool. Then, the information was entered into Epi-data version 3.02 and exported to SPSS version 21. To determine factors affecting household food insecurity, binary regression analysis was performed, and a p-value of < 0.05 at a 95% confidence interval was considered statistically significant. Model fitness was checked using the Hosmer-Lemeshow test. Results:  The prevalence of household food insecurity was 41.7% (95% CI: 37.4–45.6). The following factors were determined as food insecurity predictors: household head's sex [Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR)=1.75, 95% CI: 1.08–2.84], household head's education (AOR= 0.52, 95% CI: 0.33–0.99), mother's occupation [AOR= 0.3, 95% CI: 0.19–0.57], households with the medium wealth index (AOR =1.72, 95% CI: 1.06–2.78) and households with the lowest wealth index (AOR=4.01, 95% CI: 2.35–6.86). Conclusions: The prevalence of household food insecurity in urban areas of Eastern Ethiopia is high. The food insecurity was significantly affected by residency, education, occupation, and wealth index. The government should focus on socio-economic policies targeting the vulnerable and improve their economic status. Corresponding Author:Tariku Derese <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5305-7527" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">View Orcid in Profile</a> You can search for this author in PubMed     Google Scholar Profile</div> Food insecurity, Urban households, Eastern Ethiopia 674 685 http://jnfs.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-577-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Tariku Derese t.derese@yahoo.co.uk 0000-0001-5305-7527 Yes Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dire Dawa University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia Yalelet Belay No Department of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dire Dawa University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia Dilnessa Fentie No School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dire Dawa University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia Kirubel Derese No Department of Dentistry, School of Medicine, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.