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2-item Food Insecurity🔗
sed_cg_foodinsResearchers should be aware that the validated measure uses Yes/No answers and does not account for missing data.
Administration & Quality Control🔗
| Child Specific | Yes |
| Respondent | Parent |
| Administration | Remote survey |
| Visits | V02, V03 |
| Completion Time | 1 min |
| Quality Control | Monitor data dashboard for variable missingness, possible coding errors, scoring verification when needed, and data consistency. |
Instrument Details🔗
Food Insecurity, based on two items assessing the availability of food, is a screening measure used across many populations indicating risk of food insecurity in the last 12 months. Each question uses the same response options.
This measure was modified slightly for HBCD to use gender-neutral terms (children are referred to as “the child” in place of gendered pronouns) as well as inclusion of "Don't know" as a response option to survey questions.
References🔗
Hager, E. R., Quigg, A. M., Black, M. M., Coleman, S. M., Heeren, T., Rose-Jacobs, R., Cook, J. T., Ettinger de Cuba, S. A., Casey, P. H., Chilton, M., Cutts, D. B., Meyers, A. F., & Frank, D. A. (2010). Development and validity of a 2-item screen to identify families at risk for food insecurity. Pediatrics, 126(1), e26-32. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2009-3146