Analyzing households' food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of public policies to mitigate it: evidence from Ceará, Brazil.
Onélia Maria Moreira Leite de SantanaLuiz Vinicius de Alcantara SousaHermano Alexandre Rocha LimaLuciano Lima CorreiaLaécia Gretha Amorim GomesCamila Machado de AquinoSabrina Gabriele Maia Oliveira RochaDavid Augusto Batista Sá AraújoMaria Dagmar de Andrade SoaresMárcia Maria Tavares MachadoFernando AdamiPublished in: Global health promotion (2022)
In this study, 89% of evaluated families presented food insecurity. Conditional cash transfer programs were associated with FI. We highlight the need for policies and interventions to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food insecurity. Such policies can adopt appropriate criteria for defining the participants, as well as connect the participants to an appropriate set of broader social protection measures.