Impact of the Bolsa Familia program on food acquisition of low-income Brazilian families

• Grant number: 10/17080-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: January 01, 2011
• End date: January 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Collective Health - Epidemiology
• Principal Investigator: Carlos Augusto Monteiro
• Grantee: Ana Paula Bortoletto Martins
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Saúde Pública (FSP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Introduction: given the current epidemiological situation in Brazil, income inequality presents itself as one of the factors contributing to the deterioration of the health situation of the population. The Conditional Cash Transfer Programs (CCTP) have the potential to contribute to the reduction of this scenario. Objectives: to characterize the food acquisition of low-income families beneficiaries of CCTP. To evaluate the influence of Bolsa Família Program on household food availability in 2008 in low-income families in Brazil. Methods: data from the Household Food Budget Survey conducted by IBGE between May 19 2008 and May 31, 2009 in a probabilistic sample of 55,970 households will be used. We will analyze the records of purchases of food and beverages for household consumption recorded by the residents of households for seven consecutive days. Aggregates of households, whether or not beneficiaries of the Bolsa Família Program, will be used as the unit of study. Records of food purchased, after converted to energy, will be gathered in groups: cereals, pulses, cassava flour, roots and tubers, meats, dairy products, fruits, vegetables, oils and fats, sugars, processed foods, and other foods. To assess if the participation in CCTP affects household food acquisition will be performed multiple linear regression models taking as dependent variable the difference between the acquisition of calories per capita between groups of households (intervention or control). As adjustment variables will be used the geographic distribution, monthly income per capita, the average schooling of adults and the percentage of total expenditure on food made outside the home. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MOUBARAC, JEAN-CLAUDE; BATAL, MALEK; BORTOLETO MARTINS, ANA PAULA; CLARO, RAFAEL; LEVY, RENATA BERTAZZI; CANNON, GEOFFREY; MONTEIRO, CARLOS. Processed and Ultra-processed Food Products: Consumption Trends in Canada from 1938 to 2011. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF DIETETIC PRACTICE AND RESEARCH, v. 75, n. 1, p. 15-21, SPR 2014. (10/17080-9, 11/08425-5, 10/08421-7)

SARDINHA, ALINE NASCIMENTO; CANELLA, DANIELA SILVA; BORTOLETTO MARTINS, ANA PAULA; CLARO, RAFAEL MOREIRA; LEVY, RENATA BERTAZZI. Dietary sources of fiber intake in Brazil. APPETITE, v. 79, p. 134-138, AUG 1 2014. (10/17080-9, 11/21802-2, 10/08421-7)

ANA PAULA BORTOLETTO MARTINS; DANIELA SILVA CANELLA; LARISSA GALASTRI BARALDI; CARLOS AUGUSTO MONTEIRO. Transferência de renda no Brasil e desfechos nutricionais: revisão sistemática. Revista de Saúde Pública, v. 47, n. 6, p. 1159-1171, 2013-12-00. (10/17080-9)

ANA PAULA BORTOLETTO MARTINS; RENATA BERTAZZI LEVY; RAFAEL MOREIRA CLARO; JEAN CLAUDE MOUBARAC; CARLOS AUGUSTO MONTEIRO. Participacao crescente de produtos ultraprocessados na dieta brasileira (1987-2009). Revista de Saúde Pública, v. 47, n. 4, p. 656-665, 2013-08-00. (11/08425-5, 10/17080-9, 10/08421-7)

BORTOLETTO MARTINS, ANA PAULA; MONTEIRO, CARLOS AUGUSTO. Impact of the Bolsa Familia program on food availability of low-income Brazilian families: a quasi experimental study. BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, v. 16, AUG 19 2016. (10/17080-9)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

MARTINS, Ana Paula Bortoletto. Martins, APB. Impact of the Bolsa Família Program on food purchases in low-income Brazilian families. 2013. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Saúde Pública (FSP/CIR) São Paulo.