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

NCT02489149 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 25445
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 4
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Obesity

Keywords

food insecurity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Reduction in Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale score

  16 weeks after multisector intervention

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Improve consumption of healthy foods

  16 weeks after multisector intervention

• Number of participants who access food programs

  16 weeks after multisector intervention

• Number of participants that improve knowledge about citizen rights.

  16 weeks after multisector intervention

Study Arms (2)

Multi-sector interventions

EXPERIMENTAL

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.

Other: Multi-sector interventions

Control

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Conventional approach of current public food and nutrition policies.

Other: Control

Interventions

Multi-sector interventions OTHER

* 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.

Multi-sector interventions

Control OTHER

Placebo Comparator: Conventional approach of current public food and nutrition policies.

Also known as: Placebo

Control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

• Community leaders with no interest in study intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul: lead
• Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico: collaborator
• Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Pos-graduated Program in Epidemiology. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90035-003, Brazil

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Pacheco PM, Bairros FS, Neutzling MB, Nunes LN, Knauth DR, Dos Santos FS, Drehmer M. Effectiveness of a Nutrition Counseling Intervention on Food Consumption, According to the Degree of Processing: A Community-Based Non-Randomized Trial of Quilombola Communities in South Brazil. Int J Public Health. 2024 Nov 27;69:1607549. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2024.1607549. eCollection 2024.

  PMID: 39664767 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Obesity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Overweight; Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Marilda Neutzling, PhD

  Post Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Michele Drehmer, PhD

  Post Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

  STUDY CHAIR

• Daniela Knauth, PhD

  Post Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

  STUDY CHAIR

• Fernanda Bairros, PhD

  Post Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 29, 2015
• First Posted: July 2, 2015
• Study Start: March 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2016
• Study Completion: May 1, 2017
• Last Updated: April 19, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-04

Locations

BR (1)