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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Kathy L Radimer, PhD MPH, Division of Health Examination Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, 6525 Belcrest Rd Room 1000, Hyattsville, MD 20782, 301 458-4684, kradimer@cdc.gov
NHANES, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, has included the 18-item U.S. Household Food Security Measure since 1999, a measure developed by an inter-agency group of government and non-government experts. NHANES has used a number of screens before entry into the Food Security Measure, which itself contains some internal screens. Some of these screens have changed since the inclusion of the Measure in NHANES ‘99. The U.S.D.A. Food Sufficiency Indicator, which was included in previous NHANES, was included in 1999-2001 and sometimes used as a screen, but has been eliminated in 2002. The Food Sufficiency Indicator should not be used as a measure of food security, which is a more complex phenomenon. The inclusion of the Food Security Measure in NHANES allows for an abundance of analyses of food security with other health and nutrition measures. This description of the Measure, the coding used to account for changes in screening procedures, the formation of scale-based scores from the measure, and general guidelines on NHANES analysis will assist in correct analyses of these data. Basic frequencies of food security data will be presented to give participants a basis for comparison for their own analyses. Data from other surveys that have included the U.S. Household Food Security Measure and comparisons of this measure with the USDA Food Sufficiency Indicator will be presented.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant will be able to
Keywords: Assessments, Food Security
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.