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0268/2022 - Assessment of food insecurity in the context of COVID-19: association with emergency aid and receiving food donations in the socially vulnerable population of a capital in Northeastern Brazil
Avaliação da insegurança alimentar no contexto da COVID-19: associação com o auxílio emergencial e recebimento de doação de alimentos na população em vulnerabilidade social de uma capital do Nordeste do Brasil

Author:

• Luiz Gonzaga Ribeiro Silva-Neto. - Silva-Neto, L.G.R. - <luizribeiro_neto@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1003-9836

Co-author(s):

• Nassib Bezerra Bueno - Bueno, N. B. - <nassibbb@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3286-0297
• Isabele Rejane de Oliveira Maranhão Pureza - Pureza, I. R. de O. M. - <isabelemaranhaonut@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0652-429X
• Thays Lane Ferreira dos Santos - Santos, T.L.F. - <thays_lane_ferreira@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8881-5460
• Jonatan Christian de Lima Santos Queiroz - Queiroz, J.C.L.S. - <j.queiiroz@outlook.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7746-4936
• Janine Maria Aragão Francelino - Francelino, J.M.A. - <aragaojanine@outlook.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1126-1359
• Telma Maria de Menezes Toledo Florêncio - Florêncio, T.M.M.T. - <telmatf_al@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1525-8154


Abstract:

The study aimed 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 receipt of food donations in the socially vulnerable population. A cross-sectional study was carried out with families in social vulnerability eight months after confirming the first case of COVID-19 in Brazil. 903 families were included, living in 22 subnormal agglomerations of Maceió-Alagoas. 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 social vulnerability was strongly affected by food insecurity. On the other hand, it benefitedactions implemented at the beginning of the pandemic.

Keywords:

Poverty, Sars-CoV-2, Food Security.

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Silva-Neto, L.G.R., Bueno, N. B., Pureza, I. R. de O. M., Santos, T.L.F., Queiroz, J.C.L.S., Francelino, J.M.A., Florêncio, T.M.M.T.. Assessment of food insecurity in the context of COVID-19: association with emergency aid and receiving food donations in the socially vulnerable population of a capital in Northeastern Brazil. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2022/Sep). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/assessment-of-food-insecurity-in-the-context-of-covid19-association-with-emergency-aid-and-receiving-food-donations-in-the-socially-vulnerable-population-of-a-capital-in-northeastern-brazil/18524?id=18524



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