Nutritional Risk Factors for Older Refugees

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4902867
AutoresSimone Pieterse, H Pieterse (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Acupunctuur), S H Pieterse (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Acupunctuur), Suraiya Ismail (University of Westminster)
Año2003
Volumen27
Número1
Páginas16-36
Fecha de publicación2003-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDisasters (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-7717.00217
PMID12703150
OpenAlexW2133704550
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas20

This study describes risk factors for poor nutrition among older Rwandan refugees. The most important areas of nutritional risk for older refugees are: physical ability and mobility; income and access to land; access to appropriate food rations; meeting basic needs such as water, fuel, shelter; equal access to essential services (food distribution, health services, mills, feeding programmes); and psycho-social trauma.Women and older elderly (>70 years) are significantly more often in disadvantaged positions, such as having poor socio-economic status, poor health, poor mobility, lower food intake, diminished social status, respect and social network. Older refugees are at higher risk than younger refugees and at higher risk than older people in stable situations. They should remain in good nutritional and general health for their own well-being and that of their dependants. In addition to an adequate diet, a support network seems to be an important preventive aspect

Business · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Malnutrition · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Refugee · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Gerontology