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

Food and Nutrition Education in Quilombolas Communities With Food Insecurity: Intervention Based on Traditional Food Practices, Healthy Eating Promotion and Enforceability of Human Right to Adequate Food

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02489149

Enrollment

Registered

2015-07-02

Start date

2015-03-31

Completion date

2017-05-31

Last updated

2019-04-19

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Conditions

Obesity

Keywords

food insecurity

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.

Detailed 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.

Interventions

OTHERMulti-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.

OTHERControl

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

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

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.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Reduction in Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale score	16 weeks after multisector intervention

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Improve consumption of healthy foods	16 weeks after multisector intervention	Healthy Eating Index (HEI) score. HEI is an indicator of dietary quality developed according to current Brazilian nutritional recommendations.
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	—

Countries

Brazil

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 5, 2026