Re-conceptualizing Food Insecurity with a New, Multi-dimensional Scale

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dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Cassandra M.
dc.contributor.authorAmmerman, Alice S.
dc.contributor.authorAdair, Linda S.
dc.contributor.authorAiello, Allison E.
dc.contributor.authorFlax, Valerie L.
dc.contributor.authorElliott, Sinikka
dc.contributor.authorBowen, Sarah K.
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-13T16:04:25Z
dc.date.available2018-12-13T16:04:25Z
dc.date.issued2016-06
dc.description.abstractBackground: USDA's Food Security Survey Module - measure of food insecurity; Used for national monitoring and surveillance in Canada and US; FSSM has important limitations. Objective: To develop and evaluate a new, multi-dimensional measure of food insecurity for use in programs and research. Methods: Cross-sectional data (2014-2015) from prospective project; Voices Into Action: The Families, Food, and Health Project; Diverse sample of mothers from North Carolina (n=109); Qualitative and quantitative data; In-depth interviews; Surveys; Four-Dimensional Food Insecurity Scale (4D-FIS) reflects four dimensions of food insecurity: Quantitative; Qualitative; Psychological; Social. Categorization of severity: Food secure; Mildly food insecure; Severely food insecure. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to examine the hypothesized, four-factor structure of 4D-FIS. Concordance analysis to compare categorization between the two food insecurity scales: 1) 4D-FIS and 2) USDA FSSM adult scale (2). Results: Data supported the four-factor model; 4D-FIS categorized more participants as food insecure vs. USDA scale; Fair to moderate agreement in categorization between scales. Conclusions: Promising alternative measure; Implications for programs, interventions, and research applications.
dc.description.departmentFamily and Consumer Sciences
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dc.identifier.citationJohnson, C., Ammerman, A., Adair, L., Aiello, A., Flax, V., Elliott, S., & Bowen, S. (2016). Re-conceptualizing food insecurity with a new, multi-dimensional scale. Poster presented at the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) Annual Meeting, Cape Town, South Africa.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/7805
dc.language.isoen
dc.sourceInternational Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA), 2016, Cape Town, South Africa
dc.subjectfood insecurity
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectsocio-economic inequalities
dc.subjectFour Dimensional Food Insecurity Scale
dc.subject4D-FIS
dc.subjectUSDA scale
dc.subjectconfirmatory factor analysis
dc.subjectFamily and Consumer Sciences
dc.titleRe-conceptualizing Food Insecurity with a New, Multi-dimensional Scale
dc.typePoster

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