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HFSM

The HFSM is the official U.S. government measure of household food security, used in the Current Population Survey and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey since 1995. The 18-item full form and 6-item short form assess the frequency and severity of food insecurity within a household based on direct reports of food access constraints, dietary adjustments, and hunger. The HFSM is the standard for U.S. food security surveillance and policy evaluation.

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U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / public-health-nutrition
  • Bickel, G., Nord, M., Price, C., Hamilton, W., & Cook, J. (1999). Guide to measuring household food security, revised 1999. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service. · URL
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (2012). U.S. household food security survey module: Six-item short form and full 18-item form. Retrieved from https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/DataFiles/ · URL
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