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TL;DR
A web-based cross-sectional study of 109 transgender people in Brazil found that 68.8% experienced food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic, with income and employment as the main associated factors.
PLOS ONE · 11 authors, 6 centres
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A web-based cross-sectional study of 109 transgender people in Brazil found that 68.8% experienced food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic, with income and employment as the main associated factors.
This web-based cross-sectional study surveyed 109 transgender individuals across all regions of Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic, using Chi-Square tests and Poisson regression with robust variance to examine food insecurity and its correlates. The study found that 68.8% of participants experienced food insecurity, with 20.2% experiencing severe food insecurity. Difficulties purchasing food predated the pandemic, but restrictive measures further reduced access to quality food. In the final regression model, income and employment were the main factors associated with food insecurity, while perceived prejudice was not independently associated. Severe food insecurity (20%) was double the national estimate of 9%. The authors interpret the lack of a prejudice association as potentially indicating that the structural determinants of food insecurity in this population operate at systemic levels beyond individual-level perception. Limitations include convenience sampling, small sample size, and online data collection, which limit generalizability.