Health in Emergencies and Disasters Quarterly
فصلنامه سلامت در حوادث و بلایا
Health in Emergencies and Disasters Quarterly
Medical Sciences
http://hdq.uswr.ac.ir
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Study on the Awareness of the Students of Azad University of Medical Sciences About Nutrition and Food Storing Stuff During Crisis
تخصصي
Special
پژوهشي
Research
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><strong>Background:</strong> Consumption of healthy and hygienic foods is imperative to live a healthy life. This issue is of greater importance when obtaining foodstuff is relatively tough. The countries prone to natural disasters should always be prepared for a crisis. The present study aims to investigate awareness among the students in Azad University of Medical Sciences regarding nutrition and storing foodstuff in case of crisis. <br>
<strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> A descriptive-analytical method was used in the present study. The study participants included 1350 students in Azad University of Medical Science which were selected randomly from all students in the academic year 2015-2016. Experts confirmed the validity of the questionnaire and it was distributed among the students. The collected data </span><span style="font-size:12px;">was</span><span style="font-size:12px;"> analyzed through SPSS version 16. <br>
<strong>Results:</strong> Given the results of the study, only 35% of the participants had a good level of awareness, 38.5% had moderate awareness, and 26.5% had </span><span style="font-size:12px;">low</span><span style="font-size:12px;"> level of awareness about nutrition and how to store food during </span><span style="font-size:12px;">crisis</span><span style="font-size:12px;">. No significant gender and age (α=0.05) difference </span><span style="font-size:12px;">was</span><span style="font-size:12px;"> observed.<br>
<strong>Conclusion:</strong> Health experts and authorities should be aware of nutrition safety and sampling risky foods. This process can be helpful in case of a crisis, especially during early hours of the crisis and after the settlement of the displaced population are essential. To that end, training the experts and authorities responsible for such situations can be helpful. Therefore, holding training courses and teaching for related authorities on how to prevent waterborne and foodborne disease can prevent </span><span style="font-size:12px;">from</span><span style="font-size:12px;"> food poisoning outbreaks and high mortality rate.</span></p>
Awareness, Nutrition, Storing foodstuff, Food safety, Disaster
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Ali
Miri
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Department of Nutrition, School of Health, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran.
Mahsa
Hami
10031947532846003264
10031947532846003264
No
Department of Economic Development and Planning, Firoozkuh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Firuzkuh, Iran.
Abdollah
Dargahi
10031947532846003265
10031947532846003265
No
Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Mohsen
Poursadeghiyan
10031947532846003266
10031947532846003266
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Research Center in Emergency and Disaster Health, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mehrdad
Farrokhi
me.farrokhi@uswr.ac.ir
10031947532846003267
10031947532846003267
Yes
Research Center in Emergency and Disaster Health, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Reyhaneh
Ivanbagha
10031947532846003268
10031947532846003268
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Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ardebil University of Medical Sciences, Khalkhal, Iran.
Mohammad Masood
Khalesi
10031947532846003269
10031947532846003269
No
Department of Basic Sciences, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.