Understanding the risk factor of food security faced by children during flood disaster in Bera, Pahang, Malaysia / Nur Farahim Abdullah

Food security is when all people at all times have access to adequate, safe, healthy food to sustain a healthy and active life. Food security in children expressed that the children is having adequate food daily and have a normal growth development without suffering any malnutrition. During flood si...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abdullah, Nur Farahim
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28066/1/TD_NUR%20FARAHIM%20ABDULLAH%20HS%2016_5.pdf
_version_ 1825736773931630592
author Abdullah, Nur Farahim
author_facet Abdullah, Nur Farahim
author_sort Abdullah, Nur Farahim
collection UITM
description Food security is when all people at all times have access to adequate, safe, healthy food to sustain a healthy and active life. Food security in children expressed that the children is having adequate food daily and have a normal growth development without suffering any malnutrition. During flood situation, the food security and insecurity may happened to children due to unavoided risk factor. Bera, Pahang had been selected as the area of research as it was one of the most severe flooding district in December 2014. I n this study, the risk factor of food security faced by children during the flood disaster are being identified. Secondly is the nutritional status of the respected informant are evaluated by using the anthropometry data. The methodologies used are observation and interview with the respected victims in order to collect further information and opinion regarding the flood disaster. The selected informant consist of five female and four male from different village. The post flood questionnaires are being used to guide the responds from the informant. The data collected are being analyzed by using thematic analysis to determine the risk factor of food security associated with children. Findings showed that food supply, food choice and food intolerance may playas a vital part in food security during flood disaster. Children who move to the relocation center said that, they eat less quantity of food during flood due to the repeated menu being cooked everyday. Even though, they may eat less quantity of food than normal, their nutritional status after the flood disaster such as weight and height only had minimal differences as compared to the control subject. Most of them didn't lose any weight during and after the flood. In conclusion, even though there are risk factors associated with the food security, the effect on their nutritional status such as weight and height are minimal.
first_indexed 2024-03-06T02:07:47Z
format Thesis
id uitm.eprints-8066
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
language English
last_indexed 2024-03-06T02:07:47Z
publishDate 2016
record_format dspace
spelling uitm.eprints-80662020-01-31T07:55:14Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28066/ Understanding the risk factor of food security faced by children during flood disaster in Bera, Pahang, Malaysia / Nur Farahim Abdullah Abdullah, Nur Farahim Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Food security is when all people at all times have access to adequate, safe, healthy food to sustain a healthy and active life. Food security in children expressed that the children is having adequate food daily and have a normal growth development without suffering any malnutrition. During flood situation, the food security and insecurity may happened to children due to unavoided risk factor. Bera, Pahang had been selected as the area of research as it was one of the most severe flooding district in December 2014. I n this study, the risk factor of food security faced by children during the flood disaster are being identified. Secondly is the nutritional status of the respected informant are evaluated by using the anthropometry data. The methodologies used are observation and interview with the respected victims in order to collect further information and opinion regarding the flood disaster. The selected informant consist of five female and four male from different village. The post flood questionnaires are being used to guide the responds from the informant. The data collected are being analyzed by using thematic analysis to determine the risk factor of food security associated with children. Findings showed that food supply, food choice and food intolerance may playas a vital part in food security during flood disaster. Children who move to the relocation center said that, they eat less quantity of food during flood due to the repeated menu being cooked everyday. Even though, they may eat less quantity of food than normal, their nutritional status after the flood disaster such as weight and height only had minimal differences as compared to the control subject. Most of them didn't lose any weight during and after the flood. In conclusion, even though there are risk factors associated with the food security, the effect on their nutritional status such as weight and height are minimal. 2016 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28066/1/TD_NUR%20FARAHIM%20ABDULLAH%20HS%2016_5.pdf Understanding the risk factor of food security faced by children during flood disaster in Bera, Pahang, Malaysia / Nur Farahim Abdullah. (2016) Degree thesis, thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA. <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/28066.pdf>
spellingShingle Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Abdullah, Nur Farahim
Understanding the risk factor of food security faced by children during flood disaster in Bera, Pahang, Malaysia / Nur Farahim Abdullah
title Understanding the risk factor of food security faced by children during flood disaster in Bera, Pahang, Malaysia / Nur Farahim Abdullah
title_full Understanding the risk factor of food security faced by children during flood disaster in Bera, Pahang, Malaysia / Nur Farahim Abdullah
title_fullStr Understanding the risk factor of food security faced by children during flood disaster in Bera, Pahang, Malaysia / Nur Farahim Abdullah
title_full_unstemmed Understanding the risk factor of food security faced by children during flood disaster in Bera, Pahang, Malaysia / Nur Farahim Abdullah
title_short Understanding the risk factor of food security faced by children during flood disaster in Bera, Pahang, Malaysia / Nur Farahim Abdullah
title_sort understanding the risk factor of food security faced by children during flood disaster in bera pahang malaysia nur farahim abdullah
topic Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28066/1/TD_NUR%20FARAHIM%20ABDULLAH%20HS%2016_5.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT abdullahnurfarahim understandingtheriskfactoroffoodsecurityfacedbychildrenduringflooddisasterinberapahangmalaysianurfarahimabdullah