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

Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02489149
• Other study ID #: 25445
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 2015
• Est. completion date: May 2017

Study information

• Verified date: April 2019
• Source: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 4
• Est. completion date: May 2017
• Est. primary completion date: May 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

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.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Obesity

Intervention

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

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Pos-graduated Program in Epidemiology. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.	Porto Alegre	Rio Grande Do Sul

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul	Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Reduction in Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale score		16 weeks after multisector intervention
Secondary	Improve consumption of healthy foods	Healthy Eating Index (HEI) score. HEI is an indicator of dietary quality developed according to current Brazilian nutritional recommendations.	16 weeks after multisector intervention
Secondary	Number of participants who access food programs		16 weeks after multisector intervention
Secondary	Number of participants that improve knowledge about citizen rights.		16 weeks after multisector intervention