Features of child food insecurity after the 2010 Haiti earthquake: results from longitudinal random survey of households.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent commentary on the health consequences of natural disasters has suggested a dearth of research on understanding the antecedents prior to the disaster that are associated with health consequences after the disaster. Utilizing data from a two-wave panel survey of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, conducted just prior to and six weeks after the January 2010 earthquake, we test factors prior to the quake hypothesized to be associated with food insecurity after the quake.

Methods

Using random Global Positioning System (GPS) sampling, we re-interviewed 93.1% (N = 1732) of the original 1,800 households interviewed in 2009. Respondents were queried with regard to mortalities, injuries, food security, housing, and other factors after the quake.

Findings

Child food insecu

SUBMITTER: Hutson RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4160193 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature