Nutrition Security and
Related Measures:

Nutrition Security, Healthfulness Choice and Dietary Choice

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Measures

These measures assess factors associated with the ability for a household to obtain foods that meet their nutritional and health needs, and dietary preferences, without resource limitations or worry.

Brief Nutrition Security 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 Nutrition Security Screener (.pdf)

 

Nutrition Security Scale
(4 items)

This four-item scale is intended for research and evaluation purposes.

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

» Download English Nutrition Security (.doc)

» Download Spanish Nutrition Security (.doc)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Traditional) Nutrition Security (.doc)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Simplified) Nutrition Security (.doc)

 

Qualtrics Survey Files
(4 items)

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

» Download English Nutrition Security (.qsf)

» Download Spanish Nutrition Security (.qsf)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Traditional) Nutrition Security (.qsf)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Simplified) Nutrition Security (.qsf)

 

Healthfulness Choice Scale
(4 items)

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

» Download English Healthfulness Choice (.doc)

» Download Spanish Healthfulness Choice (.doc)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Traditional) Healthfulness Choice (.doc)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Simplified) Healthfulness Choice (.doc)

 

Qualtrics Survey Files
(4 items)

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

» Download English Healthfulness Choice (.qsf)

» Download Spanish Healthfulness Choice (.qsf)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Traditional) Healthfulness Choice (.qsf)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Simplified) Healthfulness Choice (.qsf)

 

Dietary Choice Scale
(4 items)

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

» Download English Dietary Choice (.doc)

» Download Spanish Dietary Choice (.doc)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Traditional) Dietary Choice (.doc)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Simplified) Dietary Choice (.doc)

 

Qualtrics Survey Files
(4 items)

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

» Download English Dietary Choice (.qsf)

» Download Spanish Dietary Choice (.qsf)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Traditional) Dietary Choice (.qsf)

» Download Mandarin Chinese (Simplified) Dietary Choice (.qsf)

 Additional Materials

 Nutrition Security 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, Yaroch AL. (2022). Development of new measures to assess household nutrition security, and choice in dietary characteristics. Appetite. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2022.106288

Calloway EE, Coakley KE, Carpenter LR, Gargano T, Yaroch AL (2024). Benefits of using both the Hunger Vital Sign and brief nutrition security screener in health-related social needs screening. Translational Behavioral Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibae037 

 
 

 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.