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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2005. Measuring Food Insecurity and Hunger: Phase 1 Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11227.
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Appendix B
Workshop Agenda

Workshop on the Measurement of Food Insecurity and Hunger

July 15, 2004

Panel to Review USDA’s Measurement of Food Insecurity and Hunger

Committee on National Statistics

The Keck Center of the National Academies

500 5th Street, N. W., Washington, DC

Thursday, July 15

8:30

Continental breakfast available

9:00

Welcome and introductions

 

Janet L. Norwood, Chair

Panel to Review the USDA’s Measurement of Food Insecurity and Hunger

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2005. Measuring Food Insecurity and Hunger: Phase 1 Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11227.
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Phil Fulton, Associate Administrator, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

9:15

Session 1

Conceptual issues in measuring food insecurity and hunger

 

Session Chair:

Susan Mayer, University of Chicago

 

Presenters:

Jean-Pierre Habicht, Cornell University

Gretel Pelto, Cornell University

Edward Frongillo, Cornell University

Diego Rose, Tulane University

 

Discussants:

Mark Nord, Economic Research Service, USDA

Richard Bavier, Office of Management and Budget

Steven Haider, Michigan State University

10:45

Break

11:00

Session 2

Purposes and uses of the USDA food insecurity and hunger measure

 

Session Chair:

Helen Jensen, Iowa State University

 

Presenter:

Parke Wilde, Tufts University

 

Discussant:

Sandra Hofferth, University of Maryland

Steven Carlson, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA

12:15

Working Lunch

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2005. Measuring Food Insecurity and Hunger: Phase 1 Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11227.
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1:15

Session 3

Alternative ways to construct a measure and indicator of food insecurity and hunger from the food security supplement

 

Session Chair:

Edward Frongillo, Cornell University

 

Presenters:

Katherine Alaimo, Michigan State University

Amy Froelich, Iowa State University

 

Discussant:

Valerie Tarasuk, University of Toronto

2:15

Break

2:30

Session 4

Cognitive aspects of the food security supplement questions: A panel discussion

 

Session Chair:

Nancy Mathiowetz, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

 

Panelists:

Kathy Radimer, National Center for Health Statistics

Nora Cate Schaeffer, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Eleanor Singer, University of Michigan

4:00

Session 5

Item-response-theory models and their use in measuring food insecurity and hunger

 

Session Chair:

Janet L. Norwood

 

Presenter:

Matthew Johnson, Baruch College

 

Discussant:

Allen Schirm, Mathematica Policy Research

5:00

Open Discussion

 

Session Chair:

Janet L. Norwood

5:30

Workshop Adjourns

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2005. Measuring Food Insecurity and Hunger: Phase 1 Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11227.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2005. Measuring Food Insecurity and Hunger: Phase 1 Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11227.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2005. Measuring Food Insecurity and Hunger: Phase 1 Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11227.
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