Factors associated with adhesion and discontinuity to the "Food Basket" program, part of the Food Acquisition Program (PAA) in Limeira, SP

• Autor(a) principal: Grilo, Mariana Fagundes
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Frizo, Bárbara Lellis de Sá, Oliveira, Julicristie Machado de
• 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/8655117
• topic: Programas e políticas de nutrição e alimentação; Direitos humanos; Segurança alimentar e nutricional.; Nutrition programs and policies; Human rights; Food and nutrition security.

In order to ensure the Human Right to Food (HRF), the Brazilian federal government instituted the Food Acquisition Program (PAA). In Limeira, SP, the policy had a specific management, with the "Food Basket" program, which provided food produced locally to families in social risk. The present study had as objective to investigate the factors associated with the adhesion and discontinuity of the beneficiaries, besides to diagnose the prevalence of Food and Nutrition (In)security (FNI/FNS) and to understand the role of the program in the HRF. To that end, 68 beneficiaries answered a questionnaire with FNI/FNS dimensions and specific information about the program, such as time of participation, reasons that conditioned adherence and discontinuity, and food impact in eating habits. The data were analyzed using the EpiData software. Among the beneficiarie’s households, 94.1% were classified in some degree of FNS. More than 95% reported that the food received made eating healthier, evidencing impacts on eating habits. Regarding the frequency, 64% did not receive the baskets during the whole program period. Discontinuity may be associated with individual factors of the enrolled beneficiary - health conditions - and policy management - late enrollment, delivery time, bias and change in selection criteria. Thus, the "Food Basket" program proved to be a contributor to the guarantee of the HRF of populations at social risk. Regarding the discontinuity, this was due to factors related to both the living conditions of the beneficiaries and the characteristics of municipal management.