Food insecurity in quilombola communities: a cross-sectional study

• Autor(a) principal: Maciel, Erika da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Silva, Bhárbara Karolline Rodrigues, Schott, Eloise, Kato, Hellen Christina de Almeida, Quaresma, Fernando Peixoto Rodrigues, Figueiredo, Francisco Winter dos Santos, Adami, Fernando
• 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/8658888
• topic: Food security; Nutrition; Vulnerable populations; Quilombolas; Segurança alimentar; Nutrição; Populações vulneráveis; Quilombolas; Seguridad alimentaria; Nutrición; Populações vulneráveis; Quilombolas

This study aims to analyze the factors associated with food and nutritional insecurity in quilombola communities in the state of Tocantins, northern Brazil. A cross-sectional study carried out in four quilombola communities in northern Brazil. Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics were analyzed through a semistructured form and the level of food insecurity was measured by the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale. In order to analyze the adherence of the quantitative data to the normal distribution, the Shapiro-Wilk test was used. Analyzing the association between socioeconomic characteristics and the prevalence of food insecurity was used the Chi-square test. To estimate factors associated with food insecurity, Poisson regression with robust variance was used. A prevalence of 71.2% (n = 47) was found to be food insecure. Of the individuals living in situations of food insecurity, 15.79% (n = 3) had altered hemoglobin levels. A prevalence of food insecurity of 71.2% can be observed and the female head of household increases the chances of food and nutritional insecurity among the quilombolas of the state of Tocantins.