Household Nutrition Security Scale
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Measures
This measure assesses perceived access to healthy foods. The Household Nutrition Security Scale (HNSS) is a four-item measure meant for research and program evaluation. The one-item screener version of the measure, the Brief Nutrition Security Screener (BNSS), is meant for health-related social needs screening (i.e., screening for social determinates of health) in clinical and/or community settings.
Household Nutrition Security Scale – User Guide
The guide provides a brief background on the development of the measures, descriptions of the measures, examples for potential uses, guidance for scoring and interpreting scores.
Household Nutrition Security Scale (HNSS)
This four-item measure assesses household-level perceived access to healthful foods, and is meant for research and program evaluation.
English version
Spanish version
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Brief Nutrition Security Screener (BNSS)
This one-item screening tool assesses household-level perceived access to healthful foods, and is meant for health-related social needs screening in clinical and/or community settings.
English version
Spanish version
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese