title: Toward a Better Nutritional Aiding in Disasters: Relying on Lessons Learned during the Bam Earthquake.
abstract: Introduction Examining various problems in the aftermath of disasters is very important to the disaster victims. Managing and coordinating food supply and its distribution among the victims is one of the most important problems after an earthquake. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to recognize problems and experiences in the field of nutritional aiding during an earthquake.
  
  
  METHODS
  This qualitative study was of phenomenological type. Using the purposive sampling method, 10 people who had experienced nutritional aiding during the Bam Earthquake (Iran; 2003) were interviewed. Colaizzi's method of analysis was used to analyze interview data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The findings of this study identified four main categories and 19 sub-categories concerning challenges in the nutritional aiding during the Bam Earthquake. The main topics included managerial, aiding, infrastructural, and administrative problems.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The major problems in nutritional aiding include lack of prediction and development of a specific program of suitable nutritional pattern and nutritional assessment of the victims in critical conditions. Forming specialized teams, educating team members about nutrition, and making use of experts' knowledge are the most important steps to resolve these problems in the critical conditions; these measures are the duties of the relevant authorities. Nekouie Moghadam M , Amiresmaieli M , Hassibi M , Doostan F , Khosravi S . Toward a better nutritional aiding in disasters: relying on lessons learned during the Bam Earthquake. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2017;32(4):382-386.
authors.affiliation: 1Research Center for Modeling in Health,Institute for Future Studies in Health,Kerman University of Medical Sciences,Kerman,Iran.
authors.forename: Mahmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nekouie Moghadam
authors.affiliation: 2Medical Informatics Research Center,Institute for Futures Studies in Health,Kerman University of Medical Sciences,Kerman,Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammadreza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amiresmaieli
authors.affiliation: 3Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,School of Public Health,Kerman University of Medical Sciences,Kerman,Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hassibi
authors.affiliation: 4Physiology Research Center,Department of Nutrition,School of Health,Kerman University of Medical Sciences,Kerman,Iran.
authors.forename: Farideh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Doostan
authors.affiliation: 5Department of Health Care Management,School of Public Health,Bam University of Medical Sciences,Bam,Iran.
authors.forename: Sajad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khosravi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D055866:Earthquakes; D005523:Food Supply; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D012066:Relief Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013217:Starvation / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords:  WHO World Health Organization; Bam; disasters; earthquake; nutritional aiding