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ArticleGlobal health promotion2023

Analyzing households' food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of public policies to mitigate it: evidence from Ceará, Brazil.

Onélia Maria Moreira Leite de Santana, Luiz Vinicius de Alcantara Sousa, Hermano Alexandre Lima Rocha, Luciano Lima Correia, Laécia Gretha Amorim Gomes, Camila Machado de Aquino, Sabrina Gabriele Maia Oliveira Rocha, David Augusto Batista Sá Araújo, Maria Dagmar de Andrade Soares, Márcia Maria Tavares Machado and 1 more

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Article in Global health promotion, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Onélia Maria Moreira Leite de SantanaLaboratory of Epidemiology and Data Analysis, University Health Center ABC, FMABC, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil.
Luiz Vinicius de Alcantara SousaLaboratory of Epidemiology and Data Analysis, University Health Center ABC, FMABC, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil.
Hermano Alexandre Lima RochaDepartment of Global Health and Population, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9096-0969
Luciano Lima CorreiaDepartment of Community Health, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Laécia Gretha Amorim GomesSocial Protection Secretariat. Ceará State Government. Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Camila Machado de AquinoDepartment of Maternal and Child Health, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Sabrina Gabriele Maia Oliveira RochaISEC. Unichristus University Center. Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
David Augusto Batista Sá AraújoDepartment of Community Health, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Maria Dagmar de Andrade SoaresSocial Protection Secretariat. Ceará State Government. Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Márcia Maria Tavares MachadoDepartment of Community Health, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Fernando AdamiLaboratory of Epidemiology and Data Analysis, University Health Center ABC, FMABC, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Ceará · BRFaculdade de Medicina do ABC · BRUniversidade Estadual do Ceará · BRUnichristus · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the association of conditional cash transfer policies to mitigate the food insecurity (FI) among families living in poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ceará, Brazil.

methodsAn analytical cross-sectional study was carried out through telephone contact during the period of May-July 2021, during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ceará. Families in a situation of high social and economic vulnerability participated in this study (monthly per capita income of less than US$16.50). FI was assessed using the EBIA, a Brazilian validated questionnaire. The participation of families in government programs and public policies was also investigated. Logistic regression models were used to assess the association of the several factors assessed with food insecurity.

resultsThe prevalence of any food insecurity in this sample was 89.1% (95% Confidence interval (95% CI: 86.2 - 92.1) and of severe food insecurity, 30.3% (95% CI: 26.0 - 34.6). The

conclusionsIn this study, 89% of evaluated families presented food insecurity. Conditional cash transfer programs were associated with FI. We highlight the need for policies and interventions to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food insecurity. Such policies can adopt appropriate criteria for defining the participants, as well as connect the participants to an appropriate set of broader social protection measures.

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COVID-19PandemicsBrazilCross-Sectional StudiesFood InsecurityFood SupplyHumansPublic Policychildrencommunicable diseasefood securityLatin Americamaternal healthpolicy/politicspoverty

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PMCPMC10076958
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