2025
Validation of a food security experience scale among indigenous populations in Brazil
Segall-Corrêa A, Luz V, do Amaral Azevedo M, Ferreira B, Emperaire L, Gruppi D, Marín-Leon L, Licio J, Pérez-Escamilla R. Validation of a food security experience scale among indigenous populations in Brazil. International Journal For Equity In Health 2025, 24: 175. PMID: 40517230, PMCID: PMC12167585, DOI: 10.1186/s12939-025-02515-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere food insecurityFood insecurityIndigenous populationGood/very good healthPoor health statusIndigenous householdsPsychometrically valid scaleIndigenous organizationsIndigenous peoplesNutrition insecurityHealth statusRural communitiesGood healthHouseholdsBivariate analysisInsecurityNutrition securityLinguistic diversityRasch modelUrban areasIncomeMeasurement scaleExperiences ScaleMethodsA totalMitigate food
2016
ASSOCIATION OF HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, ENERGY AND NUTRIENTS INTAKE IN FEMALE‐HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FROM CULIACAN, SINALOA, MEXICO
Ochoa D, Osuna‐Ramirez I, Pérez‐Escamilla R, Plazas‐Guerrero C, De Jesús Vergara‐Jiménez M. ASSOCIATION OF HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, ENERGY AND NUTRIENTS INTAKE IN FEMALE‐HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FROM CULIACAN, SINALOA, MEXICO. The FASEB Journal 2016, 30 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.30.1_supplement.899.6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNutritional statusFood insecurity levelsWorld Health Organization criteriaCaribbean Food Security ScaleFood frequency questionnaireRelated chronic diseasesFrequency questionnaireNormal weightWaist circumferenceDietary recallsInadequate intakeOrganization criteriaRisk factorsChronic diseasesCardiovascular diseaseFood Security ScaleHousehold food insecurityFood insecurityMetabolic diseasesEnergy intakeNutritional deficienciesMacronutrient consumptionNutrient intakeBalanced dietGood health
2013
Health Disparities
Perez-Escamilla R. Health Disparities. 2013, 417-423. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-375083-9.00142-2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
Food insecurity and perceived stress but not HIV infection are independently associated with lower energy intakes among lactating Ghanaian women
Addo AA, Marquis GS, Lartey AA, Pérez‐Escamilla R, Mazur RE, Harding KB. Food insecurity and perceived stress but not HIV infection are independently associated with lower energy intakes among lactating Ghanaian women. Maternal And Child Nutrition 2010, 7: 80-91. PMID: 21143587, PMCID: PMC3053124, DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2009.00229.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnergy intakeHIV infectionHuman immunodeficiency virus-seropositive womenMaternal socio-demographic characteristicsMean energy intakeLower energy intakeMulti-dimensional interventionsTime of studySeropositive womenHIV statusFood secure householdsSocio-demographic characteristicsZinc intakeMonths postpartumDietary intakeFood insecure householdsMost womenVitamin ANutrition educationGhanaian womenGood healthIntakeVitamin CWomenFood insecurity
2008
Validity of the Latin American and Caribbean Household Food Security Scale (ELCSA) in South Haiti
Perez‐Escamilla R, Dessalines M, Finnigan M, Hromi‐Fiedler A, Pachón H. Validity of the Latin American and Caribbean Household Food Security Scale (ELCSA) in South Haiti. The FASEB Journal 2008, 22: 871.3-871.3. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.22.1_supplement.871.3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFood insecurePoor dietary qualityHousehold food insecureHousehold Food Security ScaleFood secure householdsIndex childResponse prevalenceFood Security ScaleDietary qualityRural HaitiGood healthELCSAConvenience sampleFemale-headed householdsChild hungerCronbach's alphaCriterion validitySecure householdsValid toolMalariaSocial unacceptabilityChildrenMonthsWomenLand ownership
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