Food security status and its coping strategies among households who received the lost food project in selected low-cost public housing areas in Klang Valley

Bakeri, Nur Arina (2021) Food security status and its coping strategies among households who received the lost food project in selected low-cost public housing areas in Klang Valley. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

The Lost Food Project (TLFP) has continuously working on their strategic plan in combating the food insecurity problem by providing food assistance to low-income households in Klang Valley. The cross-sectional study aimed to determine the food security status and its coping strategies among households who received TLFP products in selected low-cost public housing areas in Klang Valley. A total of 88 respondents involved in this study via convenience sampling. Respondents completed a set of questionnaire either through phone or face-to-face interview or self-administered. The questionnaire comprises of five sections which are socioeconomic background, overall satisfaction on food assistance program, nutrition knowledge, food security status and its coping strategies. Findings showed that the prevalence of food insecurity among households in this study was 59.1%. Most of the respondents had moderate (37.5%) and good (27.5%) nutrition knowledge. The level of satisfaction, usefulness and significance towards the TLFP products were 72.7%, 88.7% and 86.4%, respectively. The mean Malaysian Coping Strategies Index (MCSI) score was 20.40±19.82, with the most applied coping strategies were ‘using less expensive food’, ‘allocating money to buy staple and less preferred food’ and ‘reducing the number of meals eaten in a day’. Food insecure households with the mean MCSI score of 26.95±22.13 tend to adopt more coping strategies to mitigate the food insecurity problem compared to those food secure households with the mean score of 11.29±11.06. Moreover, the study also showed that households who rent their house (��2=7.593, p = 0.006), low household income (��2=4.910, p =0.027) and high monthly food and drinks expenditure (��2=9.208, p =0.011) were the factors that contribute to the food insecurity problem among TLFP recipients. The study concludes that household income, food and drinks expenditure and homeownership are associated with household’s food security status; thus, the situation forced them to applied more coping strategies to alleviate the problem. Further research should be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of TLFP in helping Malaysian’s citizen improving their food security status.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Ms Norafizah Radzuan
Date Deposited:	04 Sep 2023 04:36
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2023 04:36
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1293

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