Assessment of food security status among rural and urban households in Kuching district, Sarawak, Malaysia

Background and objectives: Food security can be defined as the availability of and accessibility to food, acquired in an acceptable means at any given time and place in a way that could maintain health and wellbeing. Research on food security in Malaysia is still in its infancy stage, and the ex...

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Main Authors:	Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie, Mphd Ramdzan, Ainnalina
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	RA Public aspects of medicine TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply
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spelling	iium-655152018-09-19T00:43:25Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/65515/ Assessment of food security status among rural and urban households in Kuching district, Sarawak, Malaysia Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie Mphd Ramdzan, Ainnalina RA Public aspects of medicine TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply Background and objectives: Food security can be defined as the availability of and accessibility to food, acquired in an acceptable means at any given time and place in a way that could maintain health and wellbeing. Research on food security in Malaysia is still in its infancy stage, and the extent of food security situation in Sarawak, a part of Borneo Island, remains unexplored. Methods: This cross-sectional study aimed to measure the prevalence of food insecurity and to examine the associations between food security status with demography, socioeconomic factors and coping strategies. A total of 127 mothers from low income households in Padawan and Petra Jaya areas in Kuching District, Sarawak were interviewed. Structured questionnaire was used to collect the data and information. The Radimer/ Cornell Hunger and Food Insecurity measures were used to assess food security status. Results: The information gathered from this study indicated that majority of households in this study were food insecure. The results show that 75% of the respondents interviewed were experiencing household food insecurity, whereas 58.3% having individual food insecurity and 48.8% with child hunger. Higher prevalence of household food insecurity was observed in the urban area. Meanwhile, individual food insecurity and child hunger were more prominent in the rural area. From the variables available in this study, household income, income per capita and coping strategies showed a significant associations with food security status (p<0.05). onclusions: The findings suggest that food insecurity among household in this study were primarily a direct result of inadequate income to buy sufficient foods for the household members. This further suggests why more households were found to rely on non-food related coping strategies in order to acquire enough foods to feed their family. 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/65515/1/2013%20ICN%20ABSTRACT%20GRANADA%20pg870%20only.pdf Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie and Mphd Ramdzan, Ainnalina (2013) Assessment of food security status among rural and urban households in Kuching district, Sarawak, Malaysia. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, 63 (suppl 1). p. 870. ISSN 0250-6807 E-ISSN 1421-9697 https://www.karger.com/Journal/Issue/261117 10.1159/000354245
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description	Background and objectives: Food security can be defined as the availability of and accessibility to food, acquired in an acceptable means at any given time and place in a way that could maintain health and wellbeing. Research on food security in Malaysia is still in its infancy stage, and the extent of food security situation in Sarawak, a part of Borneo Island, remains unexplored. Methods: This cross-sectional study aimed to measure the prevalence of food insecurity and to examine the associations between food security status with demography, socioeconomic factors and coping strategies. A total of 127 mothers from low income households in Padawan and Petra Jaya areas in Kuching District, Sarawak were interviewed. Structured questionnaire was used to collect the data and information. The Radimer/ Cornell Hunger and Food Insecurity measures were used to assess food security status. Results: The information gathered from this study indicated that majority of households in this study were food insecure. The results show that 75% of the respondents interviewed were experiencing household food insecurity, whereas 58.3% having individual food insecurity and 48.8% with child hunger. Higher prevalence of household food insecurity was observed in the urban area. Meanwhile, individual food insecurity and child hunger were more prominent in the rural area. From the variables available in this study, household income, income per capita and coping strategies showed a significant associations with food security status (p<0.05). onclusions: The findings suggest that food insecurity among household in this study were primarily a direct result of inadequate income to buy sufficient foods for the household members. This further suggests why more households were found to rely on non-food related coping strategies in order to acquire enough foods to feed their family.
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author	Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie Mphd Ramdzan, Ainnalina
author_facet	Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie Mphd Ramdzan, Ainnalina
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title	Assessment of food security status among rural and urban households in Kuching district, Sarawak, Malaysia
title_short	Assessment of food security status among rural and urban households in Kuching district, Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full	Assessment of food security status among rural and urban households in Kuching district, Sarawak, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Assessment of food security status among rural and urban households in Kuching district, Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Assessment of food security status among rural and urban households in Kuching district, Sarawak, Malaysia
title_sort	assessment of food security status among rural and urban households in kuching district, sarawak, malaysia
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Assessment of food security status among rural and urban households in Kuching district, Sarawak, Malaysia

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