TY - JOUR
T1 - Why identifying households by degree of food insecurity matters for policymaking
AU - Pérez-Escamilla, Rafael
AU - Vilar-Compte, Mireya
AU - Gaitan-Rossi, Pablo
N1 - Funding Information:
A recent analysis with 2014?16 GWP data from 39 sub-Saharan African countries highlights the importance of documenting the relationships between poor mental health outcomes across the continuum of FI levels in low-income countries (Na et al. 2019). In these analyses the positive experience index was inversely associated with FIES scores. Furthermore, different types of social support buffered against the negative influence of FI on the Positive Experience Index especially among those in the range representing the highest levels of FI. Likewise, a cross-sectional study from Uganda found a dose-response relationship between severe FI and the adjusted risk of depression among women and men (Perkins et al., 2018).This work was funded and commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for a technical consultation on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) held at FAO headquarters in Rome, February 25, 2019.
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PY - 2020/9
Y1 - 2020/9
N2 - Experience-based food insecurity (FI) indicators can be used to rank households or individuals across the continuum of levels of severity of FI. The objective of this article was to conduct a literature review to examine the policy relevance of reporting different levels of severity of FI. Reporting on different FI levels is key for targeting and evaluating policies and programs. In addition, there are dose-response or curvilinear relationships between FI levels and diverse physical and mental health outcomes, and early childhood development indicators. The process of introduction of FI experience-based measures in Latin America improved the understanding of the meaning of different FI levels among policymakers, media and population at large. Findings strongly suggest that FI can only be properly understood and addressed by assessing and reporting on all levels of severity of FI at the local, provincial, national, regional and global levels. Tracking and reporting trends of different FI levels is key during major economic shocks and public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
AB - Experience-based food insecurity (FI) indicators can be used to rank households or individuals across the continuum of levels of severity of FI. The objective of this article was to conduct a literature review to examine the policy relevance of reporting different levels of severity of FI. Reporting on different FI levels is key for targeting and evaluating policies and programs. In addition, there are dose-response or curvilinear relationships between FI levels and diverse physical and mental health outcomes, and early childhood development indicators. The process of introduction of FI experience-based measures in Latin America improved the understanding of the meaning of different FI levels among policymakers, media and population at large. Findings strongly suggest that FI can only be properly understood and addressed by assessing and reporting on all levels of severity of FI at the local, provincial, national, regional and global levels. Tracking and reporting trends of different FI levels is key during major economic shocks and public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
KW - Decision making
KW - Food and nutrition systems
KW - Food policy
KW - Household food insecurity
KW - Measurement
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U2 - 10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100459
DO - 10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100459
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85096625471
SN - 2211-9124
VL - 26
JO - Global Food Security
JF - Global Food Security
M1 - 100459
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