Complementing the United States Household Food Security Survey Module with Items Reflecting Social Unacceptability.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social unacceptability of food access is part of the lived experience of food insecurity but is not assessed as part of the United States Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM).

Objectives

The objectives were as follows: 1) to determine the psychometric properties of 2 additional items on social unacceptability in relation to the HFSSM items and 2) to test whether these 2 items provided added predictive accuracy to that of the HFSSM items for mental health outcomes.

Methods

Cross-sectional data used were from the Intersection of Material-Need Insecurities and HIV and Cardiovascular Health substudy of the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study/Women's Interagency HIV Study Combined Cohort Study. Data on the 10-item HFSSM and 2 new items reflecting social unacc

SUBMITTER: Frongillo EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11007734 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature