Household Resilience:

Absorptive Capacity, Adaptive Capacity and Transformative Capacity

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Measures

These measures assess factors associated with a household’s ability to react to and handle household-level financial shocks that might otherwise lead to food insecurity (e.g., job loss, unexpected bill, expensive home damage not covered by insurance, etc.).

Brief Absorptive Capacity Screener
(1 item)

This one-item screener is intended for Health-Related Social Needs (HRSN) screening in clinical and community settings.

» Download Instruction for Brief Absorptive Capacity Screener (.pdf)

 

Absorptive Capacity Scale
(4 items)

The following documents include survey questions about absorptive capacity in English, Spanish, Traditional Mandarin and Simplified Mandarin.

» Download English Absorptive (.doc)

» Download Spanish Absorptive (.doc)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Traditional) Absorptive (.doc)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Simplified) Absorptive (.doc)

 

Qualtrics Survey Files
(4 items)

The following Qualtrics survey files (.qsf) include survey questions about absorptive capacity in English, Spanish, Traditional Mandarin and Simplified Mandarin.

» Download English Absorptive (.qsf)

» Download Spanish Absorptive (.qsf)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Traditional) Absorptive (.qsf)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Simplified) Absorptive (.qsf)

Brief Adaptive Capacity Screener
(1 item)

This one-item screener is intended for Health-Related Social Needs (HRSN) screening in clinical and community settings.

» Download Instruction for Brief Adaptive Capacity Screener (.pdf)

 

Adaptive Capacity Scale
(4 items)

The following documents include survey questions about adaptive capacity in English, Spanish, Traditional Mandarin and Simplified Mandarin.

» Download English Adaptive (.doc)

» Download Spanish Adaptive (.doc)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Traditional) Adaptive (.doc)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Simplified) Adaptive (.doc)

 

Qualtrics Survey Files
(4 items)

The following Qualtrics survey files (.qsf) include survey questions about adaptive capacity in English, Spanish, Traditional Mandarin and Simplified Mandarin.

» Download English Adaptive (.qsf)

» Download Spanish Adaptive (.qsf)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Traditional) Adaptive (.qsf)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Simplified) Adaptive (.qsf)

Brief Transformative Capacity Screener
(1 item)

This one-item screener is intended for Health-Related Social Needs (HRSN) screening in clinical and community settings.

» Download Instruction for Brief Transformative Capacity Screener (.pdf)

 

Transformative Capacity Scale
(4 items)

The following documents include survey questions about transformative capacity in English, Spanish, Traditional Mandarin and Simplified Mandarin.

» Download English Transformative (.doc)

» Download Spanish Transformative (.doc)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Traditional) Transformative (.doc)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Simplified) Transformative (.doc)

 

Qualtrics Survey Files
(4 items)

The following Qualtrics survey files (.qsf) include survey questions about transformative capacity in English, Spanish, Traditional Mandarin and Simplified Mandarin.

» Download English Transformative (.qsf)

» Download Spanish Transformative (.qsf)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Traditional) Transformative (.qsf)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Simplified) Transformative (.qsf)

Additional Materials

 Household Resilience User Guide

The guide provides a brief background on the development of the measures, descriptions of the measures, examples for potential uses, guidance for scoring and interpreting scores.

 Manuscript Describing Development and Validity Testing

Calloway EE, Carpenter LR, Gargano T, Sharp JL, and Yaroch AL. (2022). Development of three new multidimensional measures to assess household food insecurity resilience in the United States. Frontiers in Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1048501

 
 

 Existing Guidance for Conducting Social Risk Screening in Clinical Settings

Ashbrook A, Essel K, Montez K, and Bennett-Tejes D. (2021). Screen and Intervene: A Toolkit for Pediatricians to Address Food Insecurity.