Johnson, Cassandra M.Ammerman, Alice S.Adair, Linda S.Aiello, Allison E.Flax, Valerie L.Elliott, SinikkaBowen, Sarah K.2018-12-132018-12-132016-06Johnson, C., Ammerman, A., Adair, L., Aiello, A., Flax, V., Elliott, S., & Bowen, S. (2016). Re-conceptualizing food insecurity with a new, multi-dimensional scale. Poster presented at the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) Annual Meeting, Cape Town, South Africa.https://hdl.handle.net/10877/7805Background: USDA's Food Security Survey Module - measure of food insecurity; Used for national monitoring and surveillance in Canada and US; FSSM has important limitations. Objective: To develop and evaluate a new, multi-dimensional measure of food insecurity for use in programs and research. Methods: Cross-sectional data (2014-2015) from prospective project; Voices Into Action: The Families, Food, and Health Project; Diverse sample of mothers from North Carolina (n=109); Qualitative and quantitative data; In-depth interviews; Surveys; Four-Dimensional Food Insecurity Scale (4D-FIS) reflects four dimensions of food insecurity: Quantitative; Qualitative; Psychological; Social. Categorization of severity: Food secure; Mildly food insecure; Severely food insecure. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to examine the hypothesized, four-factor structure of 4D-FIS. Concordance analysis to compare categorization between the two food insecurity scales: 1) 4D-FIS and 2) USDA FSSM adult scale (2). Results: Data supported the four-factor model; 4D-FIS categorized more participants as food insecure vs. USDA scale; Fair to moderate agreement in categorization between scales. Conclusions: Promising alternative measure; Implications for programs, interventions, and research applications.Image1 page1 file (.pdf)enfood insecuritynutritionsocio-economic inequalitiesFour Dimensional Food Insecurity Scale4D-FISUSDA scaleconfirmatory factor analysisFamily and Consumer SciencesPoster