title: Food insecurity of HIV/AIDS patients at a unit of outpatient healthcare system in Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Food security remains to be one of the world's biggest problems and is found to be related to HIV/AIDS. The objective was to examine food insecurity in HIV/AIDS patients from Brasilia, Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  Short version of the Food Security Scale was applied to patients with HIV/AIDS.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 103 patients participated (65 HIV+ and 38 with AIDS). Food insecurity was found in 33.8% of HIV+ patients and 36.8% of patients with AIDS. A relation between food insecurity and low educational and social levels was established.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Food security should be an important component in HIV/AIDS treatment programs.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Centro Universitário de Brasília, Brasília, DF.
authors.forename: Ana Paula Sarmento
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Charão
authors.forename: Meyre Hellen Ribeiro E Silva
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Batista
authors.forename: Luzitano Brandão
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005523:Food Supply / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010045:Outpatients; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors