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 |
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Janet L. Norwood, Chair Panel to Review the USDA’s Measurement of Food Insecurity and Hunger |
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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 |
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Session Chair: |
Susan Mayer, University of Chicago |
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Presenters: |
Jean-Pierre Habicht, Cornell University Gretel Pelto, Cornell University Edward Frongillo, Cornell University Diego Rose, Tulane University |
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Discussants: |
Mark Nord, Economic Research Service, USDA Richard Bavier, Office of Management and Budget Steven Haider, Michigan State University |
10:45 |
Break |
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11:00 |
Session 2 |
Purposes and uses of the USDA food insecurity and hunger measure |
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Session Chair: |
Helen Jensen, Iowa State University |
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Presenter: |
Parke Wilde, Tufts University |
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Discussant: |
Sandra Hofferth, University of Maryland Steven Carlson, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA |
12:15 |
Working Lunch |
1:15 |
Session 3 |
Alternative ways to construct a measure and indicator of food insecurity and hunger from the food security supplement |
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Session Chair: |
Edward Frongillo, Cornell University |
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Presenters: |
Katherine Alaimo, Michigan State University Amy Froelich, Iowa State University |
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Discussant: |
Valerie Tarasuk, University of Toronto |
2:15 |
Break |
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2:30 |
Session 4 |
Cognitive aspects of the food security supplement questions: A panel discussion |
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Session Chair: |
Nancy Mathiowetz, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
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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 |
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Session Chair: |
Janet L. Norwood |
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Presenter: |
Matthew Johnson, Baruch College |
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Discussant: |
Allen Schirm, Mathematica Policy Research |
5:00 |
Open Discussion |
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Session Chair: |
Janet L. Norwood |
5:30 |
Workshop Adjourns |