Assessment of food insecurity in the context of COVID-19: association with emergency aid and collecting food donations among the socially vulnerable population of a capital in Northeastern Brazil

Ciencia e Saude Coletiva

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Silva-Neto, Luiz Gonzaga Ribeiro¹  Bueno, Nassib Bezerra²  Santos, Thays Lane Ferreira dos²  Queiroz, Jonatan Christian de Lima Santos³  Francelino, Janine Maria Aragão²  Pureza, Isabele Rejane de Oliveira Maranhão¹  Florêncio, Telma Maria de Menezes Toledo² 

[1] Universidade Federal de São Paulo;Universidade Federal de Alagoas;Universidade Federal do Ceará

关键词: Poverty;    Sars-CoV-2;    Food security;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1413-81232023283.12352022

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Associacao Brasileira de Pos - Graduacao em Saude Coletiva

【 摘 要 】

The scope of this study was to investigate the prevalence of food insecurity in the context of COVID-19 and its association with the emergency aid income-transfer program and the collecting of food donations by the population in a situation of social vulnerability. A cross-sectional study was carried out with socially vulnerable families eight months after confirming the first case of COVID-19 in Brazil. A total of 903 families, living in 22 underprivileged communities of Maceió, in the state of Alagoas, were included. Sociodemographic characteristics were evaluated, and the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale was applied. The association of food insecurity with the variables studied was performed using Poisson regression with robust variance estimation, considering α = 5%. Of the total sample, 71.1% were food insecure, a situation associated with receiving food donations (PR = 1.14; 95%CI: 1.02; 1.27) and being a beneficiary of emergency aid (PR =1.23; 95%CI: 1.01; 1.49). The results show that the population in a situation of social vulnerability was strongly affected by food insecurity. On the other hand, the population group in question benefited from actions implemented at the outset of the pandemic.

【 授权许可】

CC BY