TY - JOUR
T1 - Food insecurity measurement among older adults
T2 - Implications for policy and food security governance
AU - Vilar-Compte, Mireya
AU - Gaitán-Rossi, Pablo
AU - Pérez-Escamilla, Rafael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2017/9
Y1 - 2017/9
N2 - Understanding food insecurity among older adults (OAs) is a relevant issue. Objectives: Perform a systematic literature review identifying how food insecurity has been measured and how it affects policies, and assess through a psychometric analysis, if experience-based food security scales (EBFSS), can adequately monitor food security governance among OAs. Methods: Research was retrieved from 4 engines and grouped into themes. A psychometric analysis compared a EBFSS's (i.e. the Mexican Food Security Scale) validity in households with and without OAs. Results: 58 manuscripts were synthesized and grouped into 5 themes. The EBFSS showed adequate psychometric properties among OAs. Conclusions: Among older adults, food security governance, can be fostered by an ecological and multisectorial perspective, and by using valid monitoring instruments.
AB - Understanding food insecurity among older adults (OAs) is a relevant issue. Objectives: Perform a systematic literature review identifying how food insecurity has been measured and how it affects policies, and assess through a psychometric analysis, if experience-based food security scales (EBFSS), can adequately monitor food security governance among OAs. Methods: Research was retrieved from 4 engines and grouped into themes. A psychometric analysis compared a EBFSS's (i.e. the Mexican Food Security Scale) validity in households with and without OAs. Results: 58 manuscripts were synthesized and grouped into 5 themes. The EBFSS showed adequate psychometric properties among OAs. Conclusions: Among older adults, food security governance, can be fostered by an ecological and multisectorial perspective, and by using valid monitoring instruments.
KW - Aging
KW - Food insecurity
KW - Governance
KW - Measurement
KW - Older adults
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U2 - 10.1016/j.gfs.2017.05.003
DO - 10.1016/j.gfs.2017.05.003
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85020731690
SN - 2211-9124
VL - 14
SP - 87
EP - 95
JO - Global Food Security
JF - Global Food Security
ER -