0539/2018 - Avaliação participativa da segurança alimentar e nutricional em uma comunidade de Salvador, Brasil. Participatory food and nutrition security assessment in an urban community of Salvador, Brazil.
Este artigo focaliza uma avaliação participativa da situação de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional (SAN) desenvolvida junto a moradores e líderes comunitários em Salvador, Bahia. A reflexão visa analisar essa pesquisa – incluindo desenho, dados geridos e sua utilização – dialogando com o conceito de SAN e os métodos existentes da sua avaliação. Observou-se que os dados secundários são de difícil acesso e/ou pouco uteis para a militância local. Quanto à pesquisa domiciliar desenhada e utilizada pelos participantes, ela permitiu caracterizar o quadro de insegurança alimentar e nutricional em áreas vulneráveis da comunidade, dialogando com os indicadores nacionais e dados socioeconômicos, demostrando a robusteza dos dados. Antes de tudo, é a relevância de abordagens participativas que mais se destaca: no mesmo movimento em que os resultados mostram o quanto a questão da SAN se insere no quadro de vulnerabilidade social, eles evidenciam o quão necessário se faz pensar a pesquisa em SAN como instrumento político e o conhecimento gerido como instrumento do poder. Nesse sentido, a avaliação da situação de SAN se constitui como processo emancipatório, indissociável da ação e dos atores da transformação social.
Palavras-chave:
segurança alimentar e nutricional. vulnerabilidade social. pesquisa participativa baseada na comunidade.
Abstract:
This article focuses on a food and nutrition security (FNS) participatory assessment that was developed together with community leaders and residents in Salvador city, Bahia, Brazil. The study aims to look into the research design process, its results and how these were used, discussing how it relates to FNS concept and existing assessment methods. Secondary data were found to be difficult to access and of little utility to local activists. As for the household survey, which was designed and of which results were used by the participants, it produced strong data on the food and nutrition insecurity scenario that could be discussed together with national and socioeconomic indicators. Above all, it is the relevance of participatory approaches that stood out: along with the results showing how much FNS is intricately ed into a bigger social vulnerability context, the study shows how critical it is to consider FNS research as a political instrument and the knowledge it produces as a way to transform power relationships. Within this perspective, FNS assessment qualifies as an emancipatory process, indissociablesocial change actors and actions.
Keywords:
food and nutrition security. social vulnerability. community-based participatory research.
Participatory food and nutrition security assessment in an urban community of Salvador, Brazil.
Resumo (abstract):
This article focuses on a food and nutrition security (FNS) participatory assessment that was developed together with community leaders and residents in Salvador city, Bahia, Brazil. The study aims to look into the research design process, its results and how these were used, discussing how it relates to FNS concept and existing assessment methods. Secondary data were found to be difficult to access and of little utility to local activists. As for the household survey, which was designed and of which results were used by the participants, it produced strong data on the food and nutrition insecurity scenario that could be discussed together with national and socioeconomic indicators. Above all, it is the relevance of participatory approaches that stood out: along with the results showing how much FNS is intricately ed into a bigger social vulnerability context, the study shows how critical it is to consider FNS research as a political instrument and the knowledge it produces as a way to transform power relationships. Within this perspective, FNS assessment qualifies as an emancipatory process, indissociablesocial change actors and actions.
Palavras-chave (keywords):
food and nutrition security. social vulnerability. community-based participatory research.
Aliaga, M.A, Ribeiro, M.S, Santos, S.M.C, Trad, L.A.B. Avaliação participativa da segurança alimentar e nutricional em uma comunidade de Salvador, Brasil.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/dez). [Citado em 23/12/2024].
Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/artigos/avaliacao-participativa-da-seguranca-alimentar-e-nutricional-em-uma-comunidade-de-salvador-brasil/17072?id=17072
