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Workshop on the Measurement of Food Insecurity and Hunger
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Background
This study is to review the USDA’s current method of measuring food insecurity and hunger in the U.S. population. The study will address methodological issues in surveying individuals to obtain information to assess food insecurity and hunger, combining responses to survey questions into scaled measures of food security, and conceptualizing and measuring specific thresholds for classifying individuals and households as hungry or food insecure. The study will also address the validity of the measures and their utility for informing public policy related to food security and assess the design and implementation of the food security supplement for obtaining data useful for monitoring, evaluation, and related research purposes.
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Roster
- JANET NORWOOD (Chair), Chevy Chase, MD
- ERIC T. BRADLOW, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- J. MICHAEL BRICK, Westat, Inc.
- EDWARD A. FRONGILLO, JR., Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
- PAUL W. HOLLAND, Research and Development Division , Educational Testing Service
- MICHAEL D. HURD, RAND Center for the Study of Aging
- HELEN H. JENSEN, Department of Economics, Iowa State University
- NANCY MATHIOWETZ, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- SUSAN E. MAYER, Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies , University of Chicago
- DONALD (DIEGO) ROSE, Department of Community Health Sciences, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
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Staff
- Gooloo Wunderlich, Study Director
- Jamie Casey, Research Associate
- Christine Covington Chen
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Publications
Papers and presentations to be presented at the workshop follow:
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