Household food insecurity and diet diversity after the major 2010 landslide disaster in Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional survey

In 2010, a landslide in Bududa, Eastern Uganda, killed about 350 people and nearly 1000 affected households were resettled in Kiryandongo, Western Uganda. A cross-sectional survey assessed household food insecurity and diet diversity among 1078 affected and controls. In Bududa, the affected had a lo...

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Published in:British journal of nutrition 2016-02, Vol.115 (4), p.718-729
Main Authors: Rukundo, Peter M., Andreassen, Bård A., Kikafunda, Joyce, Rukooko, Byaruhanga, Oshaug, Arne, Iversen, Per Ole
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Factors
Agriculture
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diet
Diet - adverse effects
Diet - ethnology
Diet - psychology
Dietary Surveys and Nutritional Epidemiology
Disaster Victims - psychology
Disasters
Educational Status
Family Characteristics - ethnology
Farmers
Female
Food
Food Assistance
Food security
Food supply
Food Supply - economics
Households
Humans
Landslides
Landslides & mudslides
Male
Middle Aged
Nutrition
Nutrition Surveys
Social protection
Socioeconomic Factors
Stress, Physiological
Stress, Psychological - economics
Stress, Psychological - ethnology
Stress, Psychological - etiology
Uganda
Workforce
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Summary:In 2010, a landslide in Bududa, Eastern Uganda, killed about 350 people and nearly 1000 affected households were resettled in Kiryandongo, Western Uganda. A cross-sectional survey assessed household food insecurity and diet diversity among 1078 affected and controls. In Bududa, the affected had a lower adjusted mean score of food insecurity than controls – 9·2 (se 0·4) v. 12·3 (se 0·4) (P
ISSN:0007-1145
1475-2662
DOI:10.1017/S0007114515004961