To optimize the food security in quilombolas communities with high prevalence of food insecurity and obesity, the present study proposes to test a multi-sector intervention including agriculture sectors, health professionals and family members of communities, based on promotion of traditional food practices, health eating and enforceability of human right to adequate food.
The present study proposes to develop nutrition education strategies through multi-sector intervention in order to promote the consumption of healthy foods and improvements in the health status of the quilombola population.This is a non-randomized cluster trial in four quilombolas communities in Southern Brazil (Passo do Lorenço, Algodão, Serrinha do Cristal and Nova Palma), combining qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
4
* Multi-sector interventions to enhance food security: Agricultural interventions are matched with field training for government sectors working with quilombolas communities on best agronomic practices to promote technical assistance for this communities. Stimulate the participation in the Program of Food Acquisition, supporting quilombolas agriculture. * For quilombolas participants: nutritional counseling based on traditional healthy cooking practices, using traditional recipes. * For health professionals: to strengthen food and nutrition actions at all levels of health care. Food and nutritional education training for primary care health professionals. * Helping families to have more knowledge about your citizen rights.
Placebo Comparator: Conventional approach of current public food and nutrition policies.
Pos-graduated Program in Epidemiology. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Reduction in Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale score
Time frame: 16 weeks after multisector intervention
Improve consumption of healthy foods
Healthy Eating Index (HEI) score. HEI is an indicator of dietary quality developed according to current Brazilian nutritional recommendations.
Time frame: 16 weeks after multisector intervention
Number of participants who access food programs
Time frame: 16 weeks after multisector intervention
Number of participants that improve knowledge about citizen rights.
Time frame: 16 weeks after multisector intervention
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