Abstract

SABOIA, Rocilda Cleide Bonfin de  and  SANTOS, Marize Melo dos. Prevalência de insegurança alimentar e fatores associados em domicílios cobertos pela Estratégia Saúde da Família em Teresina, Piauí, 2012-2013. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2015, vol.24, n.4, pp.749-758. ISSN 1679-4974.

OBJECTIVE: to analyze food insecurity prevalence and associated factors with socioeconomic and demographic factors among families assisted by the Family Health Strategy in Teresina-PI, Brazil. METHODS: this was a cross-sectional study conducted in 2012-2013, with 323 families, whose heads answered the questionnaires. RESULTS: the prevalence of low food insecurity was 35.6% low, 16.1% moderate and 13.3% severe; association was found with (i) low food insecurity and masonry-built houses (OR=0.57; 95%CI=0.32;0.99); (ii) moderate food insecurity and lower per capita income (OR=6.17; 95%CI=1.79;21.21), masonry-built house (OR=0.34; 95%CI=0.16;0.72) and the father not being the household head (OR=0.027;95%CI=0.09;0.81); and(iii) severe food insecurity and lower per capita income (OR=3.52;95%CI=1.02;12.74), household with greater number of rooms (OR=3.65; 95%CI=1.31;10.15), the father not being the household head (OR=0.19; 95%CI=0.06;0.57) and being a beneficiary of the income transfer Programme (OR=4.10; 95%CI=1.13; 14.90).

Keywords : Cross-Sectional Studies; Food and Nutritional Security; Family Health Strategy; Family.

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