Development of new measures to assess household nutrition security, and choice in dietary characteristics

Calloway, Eric E.; Carpenter, Leah R.; Gargano, Tony; Sharp, Julia L.; Yaroch, Amy L.

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2022.106288

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“…Our analysis indicates that overall food choice healthfulness increased to a greater extent, and independently from, changes in food security. These results suggest that the pandemic may have motivated U.S. adults to prioritize healthful foods in late 2021 independently of their food security status and support the differentiation of assessing food security vs. nutrition security[ 45 , 46 ]. Similar to USDA reports later in the pandemic, we observed many Americans were resilient to the crisis, likely owing to robust federal and state-level assistance.…”

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Changes in Food Security, Healthfulness, and Access During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Results From a National United States Survey

Gerber¹,

O’Hearn²,

Cruz³

et al. 2023

Current Developments in Nutrition

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confidence: 94%

Changes in Food Security, Healthfulness, and Access During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Results From a National United States Survey

Gerber¹,

O’Hearn²,

Cruz³

et al. 2023

Current Developments in Nutrition

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“…It is not only about the ability to recover from stress but also about the presence of positive progress even during time shocks. Moreover, it includes institutional factors that influence community and household resilience (Calloway et al., 2020). It also encompasses access to basic public basic services (Asmamaw et al., 2019).…”

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Impact of climate smart agriculture on households’ resilience and vulnerability: An example from Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia

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Climate change is causing serious challenges for smallholder farm households, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The overarching objectives of this study are as follows: (i) to estimate household resilience and vulnerability indices, (ii) identify factors that explain these indices and (iii) to examine the impact of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) on households' resilience and vulnerability, and (iv) to identify which CSA package performs better in enhancing resilience and reducing vulnerability. For this study, 278 farm households from 4 districts and 8 kebeles from the Central Rift Valley (CRV) of Ethiopia were randomly selected using a threestage proportional to size sampling procedure. Cross-sectional data applying a structured and pretested survey questionnaire was collected for 2020/21 production season. Household resilience and vulnerability indices were estimated using resilience index and measurement analysis and indicators approaches, respectively. Multinomial endogenous switching regression was used to estimate the average treatment effects (ATEs) of the adoption of CSA practices on households' resilience and vulnerability. The results show that livestock holding, land size, level of education, and state of food consumption are major explaining factors of resilience, whereas educational level of households, livestock holding, and access to credit are found to be major factors explaining vulnerability. The estimated ATEs indicate that households which adopted more diversified combinations of CSA packages were more resilient and less vulnerable than non-adopter households. The impacts of soil fertility management and conservation agriculture practices have better performance in improving resilience, whereas conservation agriculture and small-scale irrigation performed better in reducing the vulnerability of rural households in CRV. Boosting resilience and reducing vulnerability, hence, requires scaling up CSA among smallholder farmers by diversifying and raising farm households' income, educational status, and livestock holding.

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“…We will describe the formative work briefly and refer the readers to Calloway et al ( 33 ) for a more complete account. The purpose of the initial formative steps (January 2020–January 2021) was to create testing-ready pools of items that would be used for the testing phase.…”

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Development of three new multidimensional measures to assess household food insecurity resilience in the United States

Calloway

Carpenter

Gargano

et al. 2022

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IntroductionThis study aimed to develop and test novel self-administered measures (Absorptive capacity, Adaptive capacity, and Transformative capacity) of three aspects of a household's resilience to financial shocks (e.g., job loss) that can increase food insecurity risk.MethodsMeasures were piloted in a convenience sample of households at risk for food insecurity in the United States. The survey included the new measures, validation variables (financial shock, household food security, general health, personal resilience to challenges, and financial wellbeing), and demographic questions. Exploratory factor analysis was used to assess dimensionality, internal consistency was assessed [Cronbach's alpha (CA)], and construct validity was assessed (Spearman's correlation). Also, brief screener versions of the full measures were created.ResultsParticipants in the analytic samples (n = 220-394) averaged 44 years old, 67% experienced food insecurity, 47% had a high school diploma or less, 72% were women, and the sample was racially/ethnically diverse. Scores for Absorptive capacity [one factor; CA = 0.70; Mean = 1.32 (SD = 0.54)], Adaptive capacity [three factors; CAs 0.83-0.90; Mean = 2.63 (SD = 0.85)], and Transformative capacity [three factors; CAs 0.87-0.95; Mean = 2.70 (SD = 1.10)] were negatively associated with financial shocks (−0.221 to −0.307) and positively associated with food insecurity (0.310-0.550) general health (0.255-0.320), personal resilience (0.231-0.384), and financial wellbeing (0.401-0.474).DiscussionThese findings are encouraging and support reliability and validity of these new measures within this sample. Following further testing, such as Confirmatory Factor Analysis in future samples, these measures may prove useful for needs assessments, program evaluation, intake screening, and research/surveillance. Widespread adoption in the future may promote a more comprehensive understanding of the food insecurity experience and facilitate development of tailored interventions on upstream causes of food insecurity.

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Development of new measures to assess household nutrition security, and choice in dietary characteristics

Cited by 39 publications

References 63 publications

Changes in Food Security, Healthfulness, and Access During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Results From a National United States Survey

Changes in Food Security, Healthfulness, and Access During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Results From a National United States Survey

Impact of climate smart agriculture on households’ resilience and vulnerability: An example from Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia

Development of three new multidimensional measures to assess household food insecurity resilience in the United States

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