Development of emergency food assistance design: a nutritionally balanced, culturally tailored and cost-effective strategy for flood mitigation.
Ecol Food Nutr
; 57(4): 314-329, 2018.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29989434
ABSTRACT
Emergency food assistance forms an integral component of flood mitigation in Malaysia. A cross-sectional survey investigating emergency food assistance among 202 flood victims was conducted and alternative food assistance plan was developed using linear programming targeting post-disaster food requirement scenarios. From the study, the receipt of food aid was significantly associated with ethnicity, household income, residential area and evacuation into temporary shelters. Linear programming analysis identified nutritionally appropriate food assistance targeting mass feeding, emergency food basket, and immediate food requirement for as low as MYR 6.07 (1.55 USD), MYR 7.14 (1.82 USD), and MYR 8.00 (2.04 USD), respectively. This study provides nutritional guidelines for disaster food assistance policy.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Civil Defense
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Cultural Competency
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Floods
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Food Assistance
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Diet, Healthy
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Evaluation_studies
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Guideline
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Health_economic_evaluation
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspects:
Equity_inequality
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Ecol Food Nutr
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Malasia