Less money less food: Voices from women in urban poor families in Thailand

Less money less food: Voices from women in urban poor families in Thailand

Food insecurity is a public health problem. Information on how cultures perceive the experience of a financial crisis and resultant food insecurity is limited. Our purpose in this study was to understand how poor families residing in urban slums in Thailand perceive their food situation. Interviews...

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Main Authors: Noppawan Piaseu, Basia Belza, Bettina Shell-Duncan
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Published: 2018
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spelling th-mahidol.213292018-07-24T10:42:04Z Less money less food: Voices from women in urban poor families in Thailand Noppawan Piaseu Basia Belza Bettina Shell-Duncan Mahidol University University of Washington, Seattle Health Professions Food insecurity is a public health problem. Information on how cultures perceive the experience of a financial crisis and resultant food insecurity is limited. Our purpose in this study was to understand how poor families residing in urban slums in Thailand perceive their food situation. Interviews were conducted with 30 women aged 20-65 years who were household food providers. Content analysis revealed three themes: experiencing changes, being vulnerable to not having enough food, and getting support. Policy changes to address access to social and health services and development of additional welfare programs must be made to achieve food security. 2018-07-24T03:42:04Z 2018-07-24T03:42:04Z 2004-08-01 Review Health Care for Women International. Vol.25, No.7 (2004), 604-619 10.1080/07399330490458141 07399332 2-s2.0-3342977970 https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/21329 Mahidol University SCOPUS https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=3342977970&origin=inward
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topic Health Professions
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Noppawan Piaseu
Basia Belza
Bettina Shell-Duncan
Less money less food: Voices from women in urban poor families in Thailand
description Food insecurity is a public health problem. Information on how cultures perceive the experience of a financial crisis and resultant food insecurity is limited. Our purpose in this study was to understand how poor families residing in urban slums in Thailand perceive their food situation. Interviews were conducted with 30 women aged 20-65 years who were household food providers. Content analysis revealed three themes: experiencing changes, being vulnerable to not having enough food, and getting support. Policy changes to address access to social and health services and development of additional welfare programs must be made to achieve food security.
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Noppawan Piaseu
Basia Belza
Bettina Shell-Duncan
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author Noppawan Piaseu
Basia Belza
Bettina Shell-Duncan
author_sort Noppawan Piaseu
title Less money less food: Voices from women in urban poor families in Thailand
title_short Less money less food: Voices from women in urban poor families in Thailand
title_full Less money less food: Voices from women in urban poor families in Thailand
title_fullStr Less money less food: Voices from women in urban poor families in Thailand
title_full_unstemmed Less money less food: Voices from women in urban poor families in Thailand
title_sort less money less food: voices from women in urban poor families in thailand
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