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Post-disaster Food Habit and Dietary Pattern of Women of Khulna District in Bangladesh

Tuhin Roy*
Sociology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh

Snigdha Dutta
Sociology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The aim of this study was to explore the post-disaster food habit and dietary pattern of the women in south western coastal Bangladesh. The Primary data were collected using an interview schedule from a sample of 196 women aged 18-49 years drawn from 400 women during August-September, 2015 at Jaliakhali and Channirchak villages of Kamarkhola of Dacope upazila under Khulna district. They had been living in Khulna for the last seven years and were already affected by various disasters. These two villages are the most disaster affected areas in Dacope because the villages are situated beside the bank of the river Pashur. Before the disaster, the common food habit of those women were fish, pulse and sometimes they also ate various types of meat and fruits. But in post-disaster period, they cannot get proper dietary intake because most of the people in these areas are farmers and for the natural disaster the ponds and cultivable lands are overflowed. So, they cannot cultivate their lands to meet their proper dietary intake. For this reason, food crises increase tremendously. After the disaster, they generally eat rice, ata, potato, vegetables, kolmishak, kochushak, shapla and some fish. Basically, women are more vulnerable to disasters than men through their socially conducted roles and responsibilities and their relatively poorer and more economically vulnerable position especially in the developing countries like Bangladesh. Among 196 respondents, the majority retorted that their food quality had deteriorated in post-disaster period.

Keywords: Disaster, Food habit, Dietary patterns, Women, South western coastal Bangladesh

Location: Khulna District in Bangladesh

Start Date: 00-08-2015

End Date: 00-09-2015

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Disaster, Flood

Objectives:

A normal balanced diet must include daily foods from the various food groups in sufficient amounts to meet the needs of an individual and to increase immunity. But in post-disaster period the dietary intake and nutritional status of women in disaster affected areas is found to be poor (Islam, 2010). So, the main objectives of the study are to know about the risk of health through food habit and dietary patterns assessment of married women in south western coastal areas in Bangladesh.

Methodology:

The study was conducted through survey research design to collect primary data that were collected during August-September 2015. Data were analyzed and interpreted by using descriptive as well as inferential statistical techniques. Different computer software’s like SPSS, MS Excel, MS Word etc. were used for analyzing and interpretation of data. The total numbers of 196 women, aged 18 to 49 years were selected by using simple random sampling because the age of marriage of age in Bangladesh starts from 18. Due to some convenient reason like the availability as well as the frequency of disaster, two villages, that is, Jaliakhali and Channirchak village of (ward no.3) of Kamerkhola union of Dacope upazila in Khulna district was chosen purposely as the study area. These villages were chosen because these are the most disaster affected areas in Dacope than the others. The population (household) of this study area namely Jaliakhali and Channirchak of Dacope in south western coastal region was 400.

The respondents in Jaliakhali and Channirchak were 220 and 180 respectively. To calculate the sample size, it had been taken 49% of the total population 400. The estimated sample size is 49% of the total population.

Source of Information: Khulna University Studies Volume 14 (1 & 2) : 243-255 : January-December 2017

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Achievement/Findings:

The study has analyzed the post-disaster food habit and dietary pattern of women in the southwestern coastal region of Bangladesh. While natural disasters often impact human communities very broadly in the southwestern region, residents are not equally at risk of loss and harm nor equally able to recover. In the social, economic, cultural and political context, the women are more vulnerable to natural disasters. It has been very rightly said that the developmental status of a country is adjusted by the development of its countryside. Hence it is a matter of major concern that the rural population, particularly women shall be taken care of in terms of nutritional dietary intake and other infrastructure in the post-disaster period. Poor dietary intake poses a variety of treats to women. It weakens women’s ability to survive childbirth, makes them more susceptible to infectious diseases, and leaves them with fewer reserves to recover from illness that extend through generations. Females have been singled out giving regard to their importance and role in the development and welfare of a family, society and a country as a whole. It is recommended that the Government and some non-government organizations should take initiatives through proper policy, planning and good governance to supply adequate food intake of women in post-disaster situation in south-west coastal region of Bangladesh.

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