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Prolonged Maternal and Child Health, Food and Nutrition Problems after the Kumamoto Earthquake: Semantic Network Analysis of Interviews with Dietitians

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  • Nobuyo Tsuboyama-Kasaoka

    (Section of Global Disaster Nutrition, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tokyo 162-8636, Japan
    Japan Dietetic Association-Disaster Assistance Team, The Japan Dietetic Association, Tokyo 105-0004, Japan)

  • Mari Hamada

    (Section of Global Disaster Nutrition, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tokyo 162-8636, Japan
    Japan Dietetic Association-Disaster Assistance Team, The Japan Dietetic Association, Tokyo 105-0004, Japan)

  • Kae Ohnishi

    (Faculty of Health and Medical Science, Teikyo Heisei University, Tokyo 170-8445, Japan)

  • Sakiko Ueda

    (Section of Global Disaster Nutrition, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tokyo 162-8636, Japan)

  • Yukako Ito

    (Japan Dietetic Association-Disaster Assistance Team, The Japan Dietetic Association, Tokyo 105-0004, Japan
    Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan)

  • Hisae Nakatani

    (Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan)

  • Noriko Sudo

    (Japan Dietetic Association-Disaster Assistance Team, The Japan Dietetic Association, Tokyo 105-0004, Japan
    Natural Science Division, Faculty of Core Research, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan)

  • Ritsuna Noguchi

    (Japan Dietetic Association-Disaster Assistance Team, The Japan Dietetic Association, Tokyo 105-0004, Japan
    Faculty of Health and Medical Science, Teikyo Heisei University, Tokyo 170-8445, Japan)

Abstract

Infants need sufficient nutrients even during disasters. Only qualitative descriptive analysis has been reported regarding nutritional problems of mothers and children after the Kumamoto earthquake, and non-subjective analysis is required. This study examined issues concerning maternal and child health, food and nutrition after the Kumamoto earthquake using automatic computer quantitative analysis from focus group interviews (FGIs). Study participants ( n = 13) consisted of dietitians in charge of nutrition assistance of infants in affected areas. The content of the interviews was converted into text, nouns were extracted, and co-occurrence network diagram analysis was performed. In the severely damaged area, there were hygienic problems not only in the acute phase but also in the mid-to-long-term phase. “Allergy” was extracted in the surrounding area in the acute and the mid-to-long-term phase, but not in the severely damaged area as the acute phase issue. In the surrounding area, problems have shifted to health and the quality of diet in the mid-to-long-term phase. This objective analysis suggested that dietary problems for mothers and children after disaster occurred also in the mid-to-long-term phase. It will be necessary to combine the overall trends obtained in this study with the results of qualitative descriptive analysis.

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  • Nobuyo Tsuboyama-Kasaoka & Mari Hamada & Kae Ohnishi & Sakiko Ueda & Yukako Ito & Hisae Nakatani & Noriko Sudo & Ritsuna Noguchi, 2021. "Prolonged Maternal and Child Health, Food and Nutrition Problems after the Kumamoto Earthquake: Semantic Network Analysis of Interviews with Dietitians," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(5), pages 1-11, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:5:p:2309-:d:506534
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    1. Moeka Harada & Kazuko Ishikawa-Takata & Nobuyo Tsuboyama-Kasaoka, 2020. "Analysis of Necessary Support in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Area," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(10), pages 1-17, May.
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