(In) segurança alimentar familiar com enfoque na iniquidade social

• Ano de defesa: 2014
• Autor(a) principal: Bezerra, Thaise Alves
• Orientador(a): Pedraza, Dixis Figueroa
• Banca de defesa: Menezes, Tarciana Nobre de , Ferreira, Flávia Emília Leite de Lima
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual da Paraíba
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Pública - PPGSP
• Departamento: Pró-Reitoria de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa - PRPGP
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Segurança alimentar; Alimentação; Nutrição; Fatores socioeconômicos
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Food and Nutrition Security; Socioeconomic Factors
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CIENCIAS DA SAUDE
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.uepb.edu.br/handle/123456789/74520

Objectives: To determine the food insecurity prevalence, as well as its associated factors in different epidemiological contexts in Brazil and to assess the situation of food (in)security of families with children under five years living in socially vulnerable areas and its association with biological characteristics and health status of children and with the family socioeconomic context. Methods: Two studies were carried out: a systematic review with meta-analysis considering data from SciELO, LILACS, and PubMed databases and a cross-sectional study on the food (in)security situation among families living in socially vulnerable areas. In the first study, articles published between January 2004 and January 2014 using the keyword "Food and Nutrition Security" were selected. The studies were categorized considering different epidemiological contexts. The second study included families with some ex-recyclable materials collectors from the disabled Campina Grande landfill and with children under five years of age. This study evaluated the influence of biological characteristics and health status of children, as well as the family socioeconomic context in food insecurity. The Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale was adopted as a tool for measuring food security. Results: In the literature review, the results of 31 articles were systematized, indicating high weighted averages on the prevalence of food insecurity identified in different scenarios (schools / daycares = 61.8 %, health services / beneficiaries of the Bolsa Família Program = 76.6 %, populations under social inequities = 87.2 % , population-based studies = 25.9 %). Family income, number of individuals in the household and the type of property were the conditions that showed significant inverse relationship with the most severe food insecurity. Among the families living nearby the Campina Grande landfill, only 3.9 % of them were classified as in food security condition. The frequency of moderate (34.2 %) and severe food insecurity (32.4 %) was predominant. Higher chances of food insecurity were found in families with destination of uncollected garbage and children who had lost weight in the last 15 days prior to data collection. Conclusions: Taken together, the findings of this study reinforce the social determinants of food insecurity among Brazilian families. In this sense, social and economic policies that allow actions to improve the living conditions of families in social inequality in order to ensure timely access to food and to guarantee them the human right to adequate food should be strengthened.