A pilot examination of the inter-rater reliability of the 18-item Household Food Security Module between cohabiting mothers and fathers
Food insecurity, defined as the inability to access sufficient food for an active, healthy life, affects 11.1% of the US population and is primarily assessed using the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) 18-item Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM). This pilot study aimed to determine (i) the interrater reliability of the HFSSM; (ii) the direction of any difference
between responses to the HFSSM; and (iii) the item-level response similarities and differences among mothers and fathers of young children.
Full Citation: Foster JS, Adamsons K, Schwartz MB, Taylor EA, Mobley AR. A pilot examination of the inter-rater reliability of the 18-item Household Food Security Module between cohabiting mothers and fathers. Transl Behav Med. 2020;10(6):1306-1311. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibaa036