High prevalence of food insecurity, the adverse impact of COVID-19 in Brazilian favela.
Public Health Nutr
; 24(6): 1210-1215, 2021 04.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-997753
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate food insecurity (FI) prevalence in two favelas in Brazil in the early weeks of the social distancing policy, from 27 March 2020 to 1 June 2020.DESIGN:
A cross-sectional study using an online questionnaire to elicit information on socio-economic and demographic characteristics, the types of stores visited to buy food, and FI screening. The FI experience was evaluated according to the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale. Factors associated with moderate or severe FI were investigated using the logistic regression model.SETTING:
São Paulo city, Brazil.PARTICIPANTS:
Totally, 909 householders.RESULTS:
Eighty-eight per cent of the households included young women working as cleaners or kitchen assistants and in sales services. One-fifth of the participants were involved in the federal cash transfer programme, called Bolsa Família. There were 92 % households with children. The most frequent experience reported was uncertainty about food acquisition or receiving more (89 %), eating less than one should (64 %), not being able to eat healthy and nutritious food (46 %), and skipping a meal (39 %). Forty-seven per cent of the participants experienced moderate or severe FI. Factors associated with moderate and severe FI were low income, being a Bolsa Família recipient, having a low level of education and living in a household without children.CONCLUSIONS:
Half of the participants experienced moderate or severe FI, and almost 10 % experienced hunger. Our data suggest that families with children were at a lower risk of moderate to severe FI. It is possible that nationally established social programmes such as Bolsa Família were protecting those families.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Socioeconomic Factors
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Communicable Disease Control
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Food Supply
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Food Insecurity
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Public Health Nutr
Journal subject:
Nutritional Sciences
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Public Health
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S1368980020005261
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