Research potential of food and nutrition in the Family Health Strategy: A structured review

• Autor(a) principal: Aragão Lira VASCONCELOS, Ivana
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Pacheco SANTOS, Leonor Maria
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista de Nutrição
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/nutricao/article/view/8294
• topic: Family health; Feeding; Nutrition public health; Primary health care; Research groups; Review literature as topic; Saúde da família; Alimentação; Nutrição em saúde pública; Atenção primária à saúde; Grupos de pesquisa; Literatura de revisão como assunto

ObjectiveDetermine the profile of research groups and publications with food and nutrition-related actions promoted by the Family Health Strategy in Brazil since 1994. MethodsTwo procedures were used: structured review and research group search. The former searched the databases Web of Science, Medline, Lilacs, SciELO and Embase, and followed the principles that guide systematic reviews in the Cochrane Collaboration. The references of the selected articles were also consulted. The research groups were searched in the Research Group Directory of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development. ResultsA total of 54 articles published between 2002 and 2012 in 20 different journals were identified. Ten of these were retrieved from the references section of other articles. Focusing mostly on children from the Southeast region, these studies were coordinated by dieticians, nurses, and physicians. Diabetes Mellitus, high blood pressure, and breastfeeding were the most common topics (n=23). The quantitative methodology was employed by 42 articles, most about diagnoses. Only five research groups studied the Family Health Strategy, despite the growing number of studies in the area over the years. ConclusionDespite the growing scientific production, the findings of this structured review indicate that few studies focused on food and nutrition in the Family Health Strategy, probably because of the existence of few research groups in the country. More comprehensive and consistent studies on the topic are needed.