Objective: To assess the internal validity of a multiple-item measure of household food
security in Brazil using statistical methods based on the single-parameter logistic (Rasch) …

OBJECTIVE: To review and refine Brazilian Household Food Insecurity Measurement Scale
structure. METHODS: The study analyzed the impact of removing the item" adult lost weight" …

ObjectiveThe Brazilian Household Food Insecurity Measurement Scale (EBIA) has eight
general/adult items applied in all households and six additional items exclusively asked in …

Background Food insecurity is a major public concern that occurs when nutritional needs
are not met, incorporates psychological and physiological coping mechanisms, and can …

Until recently, Brazil did not have a national instrument with which to assess household food
insecurity (FI). The objectives of this study were as follows: 1) to describe the process of …

Measuring household food insecurity represents a challenge due to the complexity and wide
array of factors associated with this phenomenon. For over one decade, researchers and …

OBJECTIVE To propose a short version of the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale. METHODS
Two samples were used to test the results obtained in the analyses in two distinct scenarios …

Background: This is the second part of a model-based approach to examine the suitability of
the current cutoffs applied to the raw score of the Brazilian Household Food Insecurity …

ObjectiveTo determine the factor structure of the Latin American & Caribbean Household
Food Security Scale (ELCSA) and to study the influence of sociodemographic characteristics …

The United Nations define food security as" People having at all times, physical, social and
economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and …