Validation of the Radimer/Cornell food insecurity measure in rural Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 684-689

  Leyna, Germana H ^a,b   Mmbaga, Elia J ^a,c   Mnyika, Kagoma S ^a   Klepp, Knut Inge ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Food insecurity; Radimer Cornell scale; Reliability; Rural Tanzania; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIMER CORNELL FOOD INSECURITY QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RURAL AREA; TANZANIA; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HUNGER; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA;

EID: 44649113806     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007001267     Document Type: Article

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