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Nutrition Security and
Related Measures:

Nutrition Security, Healthfulness Choice and Dietary Choice

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Measures

These measures assess factors associated with the ability for a household to obtain foods that meet their nutritional and health needs, and dietary preferences, without resource limitations or worry.

Perceived Limited Ability: Downloadable Files

The following Qualtrics survey files (.qsf) include survey questions about nutrition security in English, Spanish, Traditional Mandarin and Simplified Mandarin.

» Download English Nutrition Security (.qsf)

» Download Spanish Nutrition Security (.qsf)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Traditional) Nutrition Security (.qsf)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Simplified) Nutrition Security (.qsf)

Perceived Limited Ability: Downloadable Files

The following Qualtrics survey files (.qsf) include survey questions about healthfulness choice in English, Spanish, Traditional Mandarin and Simplified Mandarin.

» Download English Healthfulness Choice (.qsf)

» Download Spanish Healthfulness Choice (.qsf)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Traditional) Healthfulness Choice (.qsf)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Simplified) Healthfulness Choice (.qsf)

Perceived Limited Ability: Downloadable Files

The following Qualtrics survey files (.qsf) include survey questions about dietary choice in English, Spanish, Traditional Mandarin and Simplified Mandarin.

» Download English Dietary Choice (.qsf)

» Download Spanish Dietary Choice (.qsf)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Traditional) Dietary Choice (.qsf)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Simplified) Dietary Choice (.qsf)

 Additional Materials

 Nutrition Security 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.

 Manuscript Describing Development and Validity Testing

Calloway EE, Carpenter LR, Gargano T, Sharp JL, Yaroch AL. (2022). Development of new measures to assess household nutrition security, and choice in dietary characteristics. Appetite. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2022.106288

 
 

 Existing Guidance for Conducting Social Risk Screening in Clinical Settings

Ashbrook A, Essel K, Montez K, and Bennett-Tejes D. (2021). Screen and Intervene: A Toolkit for Pediatricians to Address Food Insecurity.

 Additional Measures