Measuring food insecurity and hunger in Peru: A qualitative and quantitative analysis of an adapted version of the USDAs Food Insecurity and Hunger Module

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1488-1497

  Vargas, Silvana ^a   Penny, Mary E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA LA MOLINA   (Peru)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

Author keywords

Food security; Hunger; Mixed methods research; Peru; Young Lives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; DIET; FAMILY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUNGER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERU; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANXIETY; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DIET; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SERVICES; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HUNGER; MOTHERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERU; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE;

EID: 77957227737     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898000999214X     Document Type: Article

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