2011
Are the Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale (ELCSA) items comparable across countries?
Perez‐Escamilla R, Paras P, Acosta M, Peyrou S, Nord M, Hromi‐Fiedler A. Are the Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale (ELCSA) items comparable across countries? The FASEB Journal 2011, 25: 226.8-226.8. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.25.1_supplement.226.8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPublic opinion surveysHousehold food insecurityProportion of householdsOpinion surveyFood insecurityFood securityCountriesCaribbean regionChild itemsSocial unacceptabilityRasch model assumptionsHouseholdsRepresentative sampleUruguayELCSABalanced mealsMexicoInsecuritySeverity orderGuanajuatoScale itemsSecurity
2007
Gender related item response patterns for household food security scales in Brazil and Colombia
Hackett M, Melgar‐Quinonez H, Alvarez M, Segall A, Estrada A, Perez‐Escamilla R. Gender related item response patterns for household food security scales in Brazil and Colombia. The FASEB Journal 2007, 21: a1049-a1049. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.21.6.a1049-c.Peer-Reviewed Original Research