Internal validity of a household food security scale is consistent among diverse populations participating in a food supplement program in Colombia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hackett, Michelle ^a   Melgar Quinonez, Hugo ^a   Uribe, Martha C Alvarez ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNAL VALIDITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION; PSYCHOMETRY; RASCH ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; ADULT; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUNGER; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CHILD; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOOD SERVICES; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; HUNGER; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 44849120915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-175     Document Type: Article

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