2023
Client experience of food assistance programs among adults in the United States: a qualitative evidence synthesis protocol
Rhodes E, Nyhan K, Okoli N, Duffany K, Rodriguez M, Perkins B, Ross D, Pérez-Escamilla R. Client experience of food assistance programs among adults in the United States: a qualitative evidence synthesis protocol. Frontiers In Public Health 2023, 11: 1193451. PMID: 37719734, PMCID: PMC10501444, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1193451.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFood assistance programsAssistance programsQualitative studyPrimary qualitative studiesUnited StatesClient experiencePositive experiencesGRADE-CERQual approachExperiences of clientsQualitative evidence synthesis protocolSecurity organizationsCommunity membersQualitative evidence synthesisKey partnersThematic synthesisHealth practitionersHigh-quality programmingDevelopment of measuresReview findingsExperienceGrey literatureKey aspectsArticleClientsPartners
2020
Why identifying households by degree of food insecurity matters for policymaking
Pérez-Escamilla R, Vilar-Compte M, Gaitan-Rossi P. Why identifying households by degree of food insecurity matters for policymaking. Global Food Security 2020, 26: 100459. DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100459.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMajor economic shocksFood insecurity indicatorsExperience-based measuresPolicy relevanceDevelopment indicatorsFI levelsEarly childhood development indicatorsLatin AmericaEconomic shocksProcess of introductionGlobal levelCOVID-19 pandemicHouseholdsPublic health emergencyHealth emergencyMental health outcomesPolicymakingPolicyLiterature reviewPolicymakersHealth outcomesContinuum of levelsMeaningArticleIndicators
2017
Food security measurement and governance: Assessment of the usefulness of diverse food insecurity indicators for policy makers
Pérez-Escamilla R, Gubert M, Rogers B, Hromi-Fiedler A. Food security measurement and governance: Assessment of the usefulness of diverse food insecurity indicators for policy makers. Global Food Security 2017, 14: 96-104. DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2017.06.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFood security governanceFood insecurity indicatorsFI indicatorsSecurity governancePolicy makersFood security measurementGovernanceIndicator choiceDifferent contextsJournal articlesSecurity measurementMakersEvidence-based decisionsAlternative scenariosSMART scoresIndicatorsDecision-making toolSurvey toolFurther considerationContextArticleFindingsEfforts