PANEX-Youth

Resilience and challenges in food, education, and leisure among young people in urban peripheries

Authors

  • Yorman Paredes-Marquez Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
  • Luciana Bizzotto Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
  • Leonardo Rafael Musumeci Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
  • Ingrid Batista Vieira Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
  • Leandro Luiz Giatti Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36942/dialogossocioambientais.v8i24.1470

Abstract

The PANEX-Youth project investigated how young people from urban peripheral communities in São Paulo, especially Heliópolis and Paraisópolis, adapted to the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Using participatory methodologies, the research revealed resilience strategies in the face of deepening social inequalities, food insecurity, educational difficulties, restrictions on leisure, and mental health impacts. Community action and youth protagonism stood out as fundamental to confronting the crisis, pointing toward pathways for more inclusive and sustainable public policies.

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Author Biographies

Yorman Paredes-Marquez, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

Yorman Paredes is a biologist and professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Los Andes in Venezuela. He is currently a doctoral candidate at the School of Public Health of the University of São Paulo (FSP/USP), where he researches the resilience and vulnerability of Venezuelan refugees in the face of climate change. His work aims to promote collaborative strategies to strengthen social development and build communities prepared to face environmental and social challenges.

Luciana Bizzotto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

Luciana Maciel Bizzotto is a researcher in Childhood Geographies at the University of São Paulo (USP). She was a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Public Health (FSP/USP), where she contributed to the PANEX-Youth project. Her passion is to explore different territories through the unique perspective of children, seeking to understand how they experience and interact with the spaces around them.

Leonardo Rafael Musumeci, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

Luciana Maciel Bizzotto is a researcher in Childhood Geographies at the University of São Paulo (USP). She was a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Public Health (FSP/USP), where she contributed to the PANEX-Youth project. Her passion is to explore different territories through the unique perspective of children, seeking to understand how they experience and interact with the spaces around them.

Ingrid Batista Vieira, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

Undergraduate student in Public Health at the School of Public Health of the University of São Paulo (FSP/USP), with interests in health education, epidemiology, and health data analysis. Throughout her academic path, she has developed a strong interest in integrating academic work with scientific production.

Leandro Luiz Giatti, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

Associate professor at the School of Public Health of the University of São Paulo (FSP/USP), where he currently coordinates the Graduate Program in Environment, Health, and Sustainability. Passionate about cycling in the city of São Paulo, he values participatory research in community settings.

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Published

2025-12-23

How to Cite

PAREDES-MARQUEZ, Yorman; BIZZOTTO, Luciana; MUSUMECI, Leonardo Rafael; BATISTA VIEIRA, Ingrid; GIATTI, Leandro Luiz. PANEX-Youth: Resilience and challenges in food, education, and leisure among young people in urban peripheries. Diálogos Socioambientais, [S. l.], v. 8, n. 24, p. 118–127, 2025. DOI: 10.36942/dialogossocioambientais.v8i24.1470. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufabc.edu.br/index.php/dialogossocioambientais/article/view/1470. Acesso em: 29 apr. 2026.

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 24 (2025): Before and beyond the pandemic

Section

Jovens que pesquisam

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