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Date Time Urgent need for National Disaster Food Relief Strategy Western Australian-developed tools to map the suburbs most affected by food stress and determine what foods should be supplied were key to providing relief for those in need during crises, particularly the COVID-19 pandemic, a Curtin University study has found. The study found agencies which used two tools- a novel Food Stress Index (FSI) and the Food Basket Recommendations (FBR)- were able to provide emergency food relief more effectively, even during COVID-19 lockdown periods. Similar to rental stress, the Food Stress Index predicts the likelihood of household food insecurity by geographic location and basic and nutritious Food Basket Recommendations quantify the types and amounts of food required to meet dietary recommendations for the different family types.

Flinders universitySouth australiaChristina pollardNational disaster food relief strategyPublic healthInternational journal of environmental researchCurtin universityCurtin school of population healthWestern australian developedFood stress indexFood basket recommendationsAssociate professor christina pollardCurtin schoolPopulation healthRelief frameworkEmergency food assistance