Socioenvironmental conditions related to Food and Nutritional (In)Security of quilombolas of a Marine Extractive Reserve

• Autor(a) principal: Cruz, Edileide Santana da
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Silva, Isabella de Matos Mendes da, Freitas, Fernanda, Oliveira, Fábio Santos de, Camilo, Valéria Macedo Almeida
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/san/article/view/8657472
• topic: Water quality; Basic sanitation; Community health; Qualidade da água; Saneamento básico; Saúde da comunidade; Calidad del agua; Saneamiento; Salud de la comunidad

There is a close relationship between health, environment and food. Poor living conditions influence health, including the nutritional nutrition security. The study aimed to evaluate the socioenvironmental that interfere with the Food and Nutrition Security of quilombolas of a Marine Extractive Reserve. From August 2014 to September 2016, a semistructured interview was conducted, with questions about the socioeconomic profile and community infrastructure, and collected samples of estuarine water. It was observed that 65.2% had female-headed households, 56.5% had incomplete elementary school, and 47.9% had a monthly income of up to one minimum wage. Basic sanitation was poor, since there was no garbage collection and sanitary sewage was open in 91.3% of households. Total and thermotolerant coliforms counts ranged from 0.88 to 1.64 log NMP.100mL-1 and 0.72 to 1.55 log NMP.100mL-1 respectively, with values above that allowed in the rainy season at points 1, 2 and 3 for thermotolerant coliforms at the 90o percentile. The precarious conditions of basic sanitation, the microbiological contamination of estuarine water near the homes and the low education of the residents demonstrated the social and environmental vulnerability of the studied community, being directly related to the Food and Nutrition Insecurity.