Open AccessThe effectiveness of a short form of the Household Food Security Scale.
Author(s) -
Stephen J. Blumberg,
Karil Bialostosky,
William L. Hamilton,
Ronette Briefel
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.89.8.1231
Subject(s) - food security , food insecurity , scale (ratio) , environmental health , population , current population survey , geography , socioeconomics , demography , medicine , economics , agriculture , sociology , cartography , archaeology
On the basis of an 18-item Household Food Security Scale, a short form was developed to assess financially based food insecurity and hunger in surveys of households with and without children.
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