Perception of the food environment by Brazilian slum residents: a qualitative study
This study aimed to assess the perception of the food environment by Brazilian slum residents in their neighborhoods. This is a qualitative study, with online focus groups guided by a script in order to gather collective discourses about access to food in Brazilian slums. The invitation to participate in this study was made through social media, and community leaders and nongovernmental organizations with actions in slums were contacted using the snowball sampling technique. Grounded theory analysis was applied with the technique of thematic networks. Access to food for slum residents involves lack of resources and essential elements for an adequate and healthy diet, such as lack of information about food, low income, and low availability of stores that sell healthy food at affordable prices. Public programs and policies are required to encourage the expansion of food and nutritional security resources, such as vegetable gardens and markets, to increase the supply and sell healthy food at affordable prices in slums. Actions are also required to address the complexity of obstacles faced by slum residents in the access to healthy foods.PMID:38536991 | PMC:PMC10962425 | DOI:10.1590/0102-311XPT128423
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Luana Lara Rocha Am élia Augusta de Lima Friche Mariana Zogbi Jardim Paulo C ésar Pereira de Castro Junior Emanuelly Porto Oliveira Let ícia de Oliveira Cardoso Larissa Loures Mendes Source Type: research
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