Validity Evidence for the Use of the USDA Adult Food Security Survey Module with American Indian and Alaska Native Adults (USDA Tufts Food Security)

Status: Ended

Inequities in access, availability, and affordability of nutritious foods produced by settler colonialism contribute to high rates of food insecurity among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) households. Efforts to understand the impacts of food security programming among AI/AN individuals in the United States are constrained by the absence of validity evidence for food security assessments for this population. This study assessed whether AI/AN adult responses on the Food Security Survey Module provide an accurate assessment of food security prevalence, especially when compared to other racial and ethnic groups.

Heath Research Initiatives

• American Indian and Alaska Native

Focus Areas

• Food security