A qualitative investigation into the U.S. Department of Agriculture 18-item Household Food Security Survey Module: Variations in interpretation, understanding and report by gender

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. e1861 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime S. Foster ◽  
Marlene B. Schwartz ◽  
Robin S. Grenier ◽  
Michael P. Burke ◽  
Emily A. Taylor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Qualitative Investigation ◽  
Department Of Agriculture ◽  
Household Food ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals Measuring household food security: the global experience

2008 ◽  
Vol 21 (suppl) ◽  
pp. 27s-37s ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugo Melgar-Quinonez ◽  
Michelle Hackett
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
United States Department ◽  
Department Of Agriculture ◽  
Governmental Agencies ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Food Security Status ◽  
New Research

Measuring household food insecurity represents a challenge due to the complexity and wide array of factors associated with this phenomenon. For over one decade, researchers and agencies throughout the world have been using and assessing the validity of variations of the United States Department of Agriculture Household Food Security Supplemental Module. Thanks to numerous studies of diverse design, size, and purpose, the Household Food Security Supplemental Module has shown its suitability to directly evaluate the perceptions of individuals on their food security status. In addition, challenges and limitations are becoming clearer and new research questions are emerging as the process advances. The purpose of this article is to describe the development, validation procedures, and use of the Household Food Security Supplemental Module in very diverse settings. The most common Household Food Security Supplemental Module related studies have been conducted using criterion validity, Rasch modeling and Cronbach-Alpha Coefficient. It is critical that researchers, policy makers, governmental and non-governmental agencies intensify their efforts to further develop tools that provide valid and reliable measures of food security in diverse population groups. Additional work is needed to synthesize a universally applicable tool able to capture the global human phenomenon of food insecurity.

scholarly journals Development of a Spanish-Language Version of the U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module

2003 ◽  
Vol 133 (4) ◽  
pp. 1192-1197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail G. Harrison ◽  
Ame Stormer ◽  
Dena R. Herman ◽  
Donna M. Winham
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Language Version ◽  
Household Food ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals Walking the Food Security Tightrope—Exploring the Experiences of Low-to-Middle Income Melbourne Households

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 2206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Kleve ◽  
Sue Booth ◽  
Zoe Davidson ◽  
Claire Palermo
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
United States Department ◽  
Department Of Agriculture ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Food Security Status ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Explanatory Mixed Methods

There is limited evidence of how Australian low-to-middle income (AUD $40,000–$80,000) households maintain food security. Using a sequential explanatory mixed methods methodology, this study explored and compared the food security (FS) and insecurity (FIS) experiences of these households. An initial quantitative survey categorised participants according to food security status (the 18-item United States Department of Agriculture Household Food Security Survey Module) and income level to identify and purposefully select participants to qualitatively explore food insecurity and security experiences. Of the total number of survey participants (n = 134), 42 were categorised as low-to-middle income. Of these, a subset of 16 participants (8 FIS and 8 FS) was selected, and each participant completed an in-depth interview. The interviews explored precursors, strategies to prevent or address food insecurity, and the implications of the experience. Interview data were analysed using a thematic analysis approach. Five themes emerged from the analysis: (i) food decision experiences, (ii) assets, (iii) triggers, (iv) activation of assets, and (v) consequences and emotion related to walking the food security tightrope. The leverage points across all themes were more volatile for FIS participants. Low-to-middle income Australians are facing the challenges of trying to maintain or improve their food security status, with similarities to those described in lower income groups, and should be included in approaches to prevent or address food insecurity.

Assessing the dimensionality of food-security measures

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-31
Author(s):  
Matthew P. Rabbitt ◽  
George Engelhard ◽  
J. Kyle Jennings
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Security Measures ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Households With Children ◽  
The U.S

We explore the dimensionality of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s household food security survey module among households with children. Using a novel methodological approach to measuring food security, we find that there is multidimensionality in the module for households with children that is associated with the overall household, adult, and child dimensions of food security. Additional analyses suggest official estimates of food security among households with children are robust to this multidimensionality. However, we also find that accounting for the multidimensionality of food security among these households provides new insights into the correlates of food security at the household, adult, and child levels of measurement.

scholarly journals A Community-based Survey of Household Food Insecurity and Associated Factors Among 2-6 Years Old Children in the Southeast of Iran

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Amaniyan ◽  
Mitra sotoudeh ◽  
Farhad Dadgar ◽  
Mona Jonoush ◽  
Mojtaba Vaismoradi
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Department Of Agriculture ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Household Food ◽  
The Status ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors

Abstract Background: To investigate the status of household food security and factors affecting it among 2-6 years old children in an urban area in the southeast of Iran.Methods: A community-based survey was conducted from September to January 2018 on 450 children aged 2-6 years who were selected using stratified cluster random sampling. They lived in six different areas in an urban area in the southeast of Iran. Data was collected using the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Security questionnaire and anthropometric measurements. Results: The prevalence of food insecurity among children was 81.7% consisting of 2.6% without hunger, 9.2% with moderate hunger and 96.9% with severe hunger. The weight gains of those children who were in the insecurity group without hunger was 2.63 times lower than those children in the food security group. Also, chances of weight gain in the insecurity group without hunger and in the insecurity group with moderate hunger were less as 1.91 and 1.41 times, respectively.Conclusions: Food insecurity in children aged 2-6 years was influenced by various socio-demographic factors. Therefore, policy-makers should plan for improving the quality of life and health of the children through improving their food security.

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