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The effectiveness of a short form of the Household Food Security Scale.
American Journal of Public Health · 1999 · Vol. 89(8) · pp. 1231–1234
Stephen J. Blumberg✉(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)Karil Bialostosky(National Center for Health Statistics)William L. Hamilton(National Center for Health Statistics)Ronette Briefel(National Center for Health Statistics)
Abstract
The short form of the Household Food Security Scale is a brief but potentially useful tool for national surveys and some state/local applications.
Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsObesity, Physical Activity, DietGender, Labor, and Family DynamicsFood securityFood insecurityScale (ratio)Environmental healthPopulationCurrent Population SurveyGeographySocioeconomicsDemographyMedicine
MeSH terms
AdultChildFactor Analysis, StatisticalFamily CharacteristicsFood SupplyHealth SurveysHumansHungerPovertyPsychometricsUnited StatesReproducibility of Results
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