Food security of older adults requesting older Americans act nutrition program in Georgia can be validly measured using a short form of the U.S. household food security survey module

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1362-1368

  Lee, Jung Sun ^a   Johnson, Mary Ann ^a   Brown, Arvine ^b   Nord, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Division of Aging Services   (United States)

^c ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY SURVEY MODULE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; OLDER AMERICANS ACT NUTRITION PROGRAM; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; ELDER NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GEORGIA; HUMANS; HUNGER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960297622     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.139378     Document Type: Article

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