Thinking beyond the stomach
Fixing social work’s food aid provision in displaced environments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6430926 |
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| Authors | Zaldy C Collado (0000-0002-5929-0992, De La Salle University, Philippines, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 334-337 |
| Publication date | 2024-08-13 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8728 • E-ISSN: 1461-7234 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00208728241269797 |
| OpenAlex | W4401592278 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
This brief note underscores the negative consequences of food aid monotony to mealtime dynamics among war-affected internally displaced families. The article argues that this is rooted in an unethical food aid practice in which social work agencies naively dole out the same food items over a period of time. Caused by monotonic diets, the meal table witnesses poor family commensal activities. Social welfare services have to think ‘beyond the stomach’ and reinvent their food assistance. The article therefore contributes by addressing food aid issues within social work practice and social care policy and urges those responsible to do better
Agriculture · Economic growth · Economics · Food aid · Food security · Mutual aid · Political science · Public relations · Social Welfare · Sociology · Welfare · Work (physics · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Social Work
Feeding the family
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The impact of novel and traditional food bank approaches on food insecurity
Food aid and violent conflict
The impact of food assistance on food insecure populations during conflict
Family meals and eating practices among mothers in Santos, Brazil
Food security and social protection in times of Covid-19
Internally displaced women as knowledge producers and users in humanitarian action
| Highly cited | No |
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