Food and Nutrition Education in Quilombolas Communities With Food Insecurity: Multi-sector Intervention

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Other: Multi-sector interventions; Other: Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02489149

25445

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 4 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Quilombolas certified communities in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with higher prevalence of food insecurity and obesity.

Exclusion criteria

Community leaders with no interest in study intervention.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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4 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Multi-sector interventions

Experimental group

Description:

Multi-sector interventions * 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.

Treatment:

Other: Multi-sector interventions

Control

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Conventional approach of current public food and nutrition policies.

Treatment:

Other: Control