Ecuador is the country that receives and integrates the largest amount of refugees and
migrants of Latin America into its population and it has to have valid instruments for …

This thesis is an internal and criterion validation study on the Latin America and Caribbean
Food Security scale (Escala Latinoamericana y Caribena de Seguridad Alimentaria-ELCSA) …

The objective of this research is to assess the validity of a modified US Household Food
Security Survey Module (HFSSM) through its correlation with food supply and demographic …

Food insecurity is a phenomenon affecting millions of households in Latin America. Valid
and reliable tools are essential to improve targeting of programs addressing this issue. The …

Numerous studies have analyzed the factors that determine food security and explored the
problem from regional or national points of view. However, there has been less research …

Introduction Although food insecurity affects groups in Central America, little is known about
the magnitud and severity of this situation. Objectives To assess psychometric properties of …

Eliminating food insecurity is one of humanity's greatest global challenges. Thus, the
purpose of this research was to analyze the factors that determine food insecurity in …

Abstract The US Household Food Security Survey Module was translated into Spanish and
adapted for use in the Dominican Republic. Qualitative assessment in a focus group was …

SUMMARY In 2004 the National Household Survey (Pesquisa Nacional por Amostras de
Domicílios-PNAD) estimated the prevalence of food and nutrition insecurity in Brazil …

This paper describes the process of modifying and validating a hunger index developed in
the United States by Wehler et al (1992). It is part of a research whose main objective is to …