“A medida da fome”: as escalas psicométricas de insegurança alimentar e os povos indígenas no Brasil

Athila, Adriana Romano; Leite, Maurício Soares

doi:10.1590/0102-311x00208019

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“…However, households with self-declared indigenous older black people had the highest prevalence of moderate/severe FI. Race/color in Brazil is a complex social construct and is highly related to health and food conditions, re ecting broader inequalities in our society (31,32).…”

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Food insecurity and social inequalities in households headed by older people in Brazil: a secondary cross-sectional analysis of a national survey.

Ribeiro

Cherol

Salles‐Costa

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Background: The older population in Brazil is associated with the presence of food security. However, there is evidence that some food insecurity persistence in households headed by older people, especially at the most severe levels, and has a possible relationship with social inequality. The objective of this study was to analyze the prevalence and factors associated with moderate/severe food insecurity in households headed by older people. Methods: A cross-sectional study based on a national representation of older adults aged ≥ 60 years was conducted using data from the 2017/2018 Family Budget Survey. In the study, moderate/severe food insecurity was the dependent variable, with food insecurity measured using the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale. Prevalence and odds ratio estimates were generated with 99% confidence intervals. Data analysis was performed using STATA software. Findings: A total of 16,314 households headed by older people were identified. Approximately 10.2% of these households were in the moderate/severe range for food insecurity, with most headed by older people, primarily female (11.9%), self-declared indigenous people (25.5%), lack of schooling (18.3%) and with a per capita income of up to 1/2 minimum wage (29.6%). The analysis model found that color/race, region, schooling, per capita household income, and social benefits received in the household were statistically significant factors (p value <0.01). Conclusion:Moderate/severe food insecurity in households headed by older people is associated with the marked social inequalities present in Brazil. Intensifying the need for a different view of this age group.

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Food insecurity and social inequalities in households headed by older people in Brazil: a secondary cross-sectional analysis of a national survey.

Ribeiro

Cherol

Salles‐Costa

et al. 2023

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“…Psychometric scales of food insecurity, especially the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale, were not applied due to limitations in the comparability of their results after necessary adaptation for socioculturally distinct Indigenous peoples. The Brazilian scale, amply utilized in studies of the country's non-Indigenous population, has proved difficult to generalize among its approximately 300 Indigenous ethnic groups and has contributed little to understanding the concept of "food insecurity" within studied populations [18]. Given the complexity of the diverse food contexts experienced by each Indigenous people, we prioritized an ethnographic approach which, as exemplified by other authors, provided greater potential to explore more deeply central themes of relevance to the A'uwe ˜people and their dynamic food economy, as well as to relate these to broader processes of monetarization of Indigenous economies throughout the country [see 18,19].…”

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A’uwẽ (Xavante) views of food security in a context of monetarization of an indigenous economy in Central Brazil

Welch

Coimbra

2022

PLoS ONE

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Following boom-and-bust economic cycles provoked by Brazilian governmental attempts to integrate Indigenous peoples into national society, it is approximately since the beginning of the 2000s that Brazilian Indigenous peoples came to be viewed officially as “poor” and victims of “hunger.” Consequently, the national indigenist agency and other State entities started to conceive and implement diverse initiatives that ultimately injected money and resources into Indigenous communities. In 2019 we undertook an ethnographic study in three A’uwẽ (Xavante) communities in the Pimentel Barbosa Indigenous Reserve, Central Brazil, with the objective of analyzing how people understand and pursue food security. We propose that in the studied communities the complex network of A’uwẽ food reciprocity is a fundamental strategy for mitigating hunger and acute lack of food. We show that among the A’uwẽ, the hybrid economy that developed since the 1970s has proved resilient to dramatic transformations and uncertainty in the availability and characteristics of external government inputs.

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“…As desvantagens da Escala devem-se ao fato de precisar da colaboração dos entrevistados e das suas memórias para lembrar da sua alimentação. Cabe enfatizar ainda, como um ponto negativo, a forma generalizada com que a Escala EBIA trata da alimentação das populações, sem a devida atenção para as práticas culturais, principalmente no que se refere a alimentação de povos e comunidades tradicionais [20] . O Quadro 2 aponta os níveis de InSAN apresentados pela Escala: Quadro 2.…”

Section: A Segurança Alimentar E Nutricional (San)unclassified

Segurança alimentar e nutricional no Brasil

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Guerin

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2023

Segur. Aliment. Nutr.

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Este artigo objetiva dissertar sobre a situação da Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional (SAN) no Brasil, comparando antes e depois da pandemia do Covid-19. Utilizando abordagem qualitativa, foi realizada revisão bibliográfica de 2017 a 2021 para captar estudos e experiências relacionadas a SAN no contexto brasileiro. Foram incluídos artigos que continham análises sobre a SAN no Brasil. Os dados apontam que o Brasil já enfrentava uma situação de Insegurança Alimentar e Nutricional (InSAN) anterior à pandemia e que a SAN sofreu intensas modificações ao longo dos últimos anos, seja no aspecto de garantias conceituais e políticas em torno do termo e/ ou na intensidade prática e contextual ao qual as populações são beneficiadas ou afetadas por um sistema alimentar desigual. As iniciativas do setor público para a Segurança Alimentar devem visar questões relacionadas às condições de trabalho e renda, como medidas a serem tomadas a médio prazo, uma vez que não há escassez de alimentos, mas sim a falta de acesso. Para que essas medidas sejam possíveis, torna-se imprescindível assegurar políticas de proteção aos indivíduos, para que possam ter condições financeiras de adquirir alimentos seguros. Foi considerado que o país já enfrentava situações de InSAN, mas observou-se que a pandemia trouxe impactos no curto prazo que agravam essa situação, tais como maiores ocorrências de situações de fome e maior dificuldade de adquirir alimentos. Ainda não é possível prever reverberações da pandemia na SAN nos próximos anos, visto que ela depende de políticas públicas para sua garantia e manutenção.

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“A medida da fome”: as escalas psicométricas de insegurança alimentar e os povos indígenas no Brasil

Cited by 13 publications

References 23 publications

Food insecurity and social inequalities in households headed by older people in Brazil: a secondary cross-sectional analysis of a national survey.

Food insecurity and social inequalities in households headed by older people in Brazil: a secondary cross-sectional analysis of a national survey.

A’uwẽ (Xavante) views of food security in a context of monetarization of an indigenous economy in Central Brazil

Segurança alimentar e nutricional no Brasil

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