Data about working conditions, health profile and nutrition of farmers rural families of Teresina – PI, Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Farias Mendes, Mônica Sabrinny
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Marques da Costa Alberto, Norma Sueli, Rocha, Amanda Valéria Souza Guimarães, Aguiar, Antenor Victor Gomes, de Lima, Maria Edna Rodrigues, Pereira, Theonas Gomes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng; spa
• Título da fonte: Revista Eletrônica Competências Digitais para Agricultura Familiar
• Texto Completo: https://owl.tupa.unesp.br/recodaf/index.php/recodaf/article/view/105
• topic: Farmers' association; Food and nutrition security; Community health; Asociación de agricultores; Seguridad alimentaria y nutricional; Salud comunitaria; Associação de agricultores; Segurança alimentar e nutricional; Saúde da comunidade

Family farming holds the promise of adopting agricultural practices and contributing to food and nutritional sovereignty and security. Farmers' health is conditioned by social, economic, technological and organizational factors related to the production and consumption profile, as well as the physical, chemical, biological, mechanical and ergonomic risks present in work processes. The objective is to characterize the health and nutrition profile of rural family farmers in Teresina – Piauí, from the perspective of identifying and preventing possible risks in the group. Methodology: Descriptive and cross-sectional case study conducted in a rural Teresina area. Family farmers of both genders, aged over 20 years, who had been working in the garden for at least four months, participated. For data collection, an interview was conducted, which involved socioeconomic aspects, lifestyle, self-reported health status, food intake assessment and anthropometry. Data were processed in the Spreadsheet Program and presented with descriptive statistics. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Uninovafapi (No. 2,534,540). Twenty family farmers participated in the survey. Of these, they were 50% of each sex, most of them perceived to be brown and were aged between 40 and 59 years. As for health conditions, just over half considered their health status from poor to regular and did not practice physical activity; low prevalence of smokers. About working time in the garden, it varied from 01 to 20 years. Most considered the working conditions good/great and all reported being satisfied / very satisfied working in this area. The most prevalent nutritional status among adult farmers was overweight, being higher among men. In the elderly, the higher prevalence was identified in women. The high risk for metabolic and cardiovascular diseases was present in both age groups, being higher among the elderly; The very high risk was identified only in adult women. Regarding food consumption, 95% of farmers consume fresh foods, and 25% consume ultra-processed foods. The survey provided insight into the health and nutrition profile of a small portion of Teresina family farmers. Note at the end that it is a large area, but little studied.