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Revista de Salud Pública
Print version ISSN 0124-0064
Abstract
DOS SANTOS, Sérgio Ribeiro; DE SOUSA COSTA, Maria Bernadete and TORRES DE PAIVA BANDEIRA, Geovanna. Forms of management of the national school meals program. Rev. salud pública [online]. 2016, vol.18, n.2, pp.311-320. ISSN 0124-0064. https://doi.org/10.15446/rsap.v18n2.41483.
The National School Meals Programme (PNAE in Portuguese initials) is a supplementary program to education that aims to provide school meals for pupils across the school system enrolled in public and philanthropic schools of primary education, secondary education, youth education, adult education and comprehensive education. The principles of the program are the universality and the expansion of student services in order to meet the Organic Law on Food and Nutritional Security (LOSAN), as well as the Food Security and Nutrition System. The objective of this study is to discuss forms of PNAE management to ensure that the students' right to school meals. This study is a reflection on how the resources of school meals are being managed, be it with a centralized, decentralized, semi-centralized or outsourced model. We conclude that the knowledge of the different forms of managing federal resources for food for school communities allows for making an informed choice regarding implementation and enforcement of PNAE.
Keywords : Nutrition programs and policies; nutrition policy; health management.