Reliability and validity of an individually focused food insecurity access scale for assessing inadequate access to food among pregnant Ugandan women of mixed HIV status

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 2895-2905

  Natamba, Barnabas K ^a,b,c   Kilama, Hillary ^c   Arbach, Angela ^d   Achan, Jane ^e   Griffiths, Jeffrey K ^f   Young, Sera L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b GULU UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c PRENAPS Uganda   (Uganda)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Food access; Food security; HIV; Pregnancy; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CATERING SERVICE; COMPLICATION; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UGANDA; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948424762     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980014001669     Document Type: Review

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