Abstract

CARMONA SILVA, José Luis. Qualitative validation of the Latin American and Caribbean scale on food security (ELCSA): Case of San Felipe Cuapexco, Puebla. Trace (Méx. DF) [online]. 2022, n.81, pp.181-213.  Epub Jan 01, 2022. ISSN 2007-2392.  https://doi.org/10.22134/trace.81.2022.778.

The objective was to qualitatively validate the Latin American and Caribbean Scale on Food Security (ELCSA) as a precedent to its application. The ELCSA has undergone multiple quantitative validation processes and has demonstrated internal validity (psychometric behavior) and external validity (predictive power); but there is no information on qualitative validations. The ELCSA underwent a qualitative validation process, in-depth interviews and five workshops were carried out, subsequently it was applied to 105 families that make up the town. The results obtained in the qualitative validation show that the ELCSA is a useful, agile and low-cost tool to monitor food insecurity in the central-southern zone of the state of Puebla. Its application shows that 0.95 % of households have food security; 60 % are slightly food insecure; 35.24 % have moderate insecurity and 3.81 % severe insecurity, which shows a locality that does not have serious hunger problems.

Keywords : qualitative validation; food security; Latin American and Caribbean Scale on Food Security; ELCSA Scientific Committee; hunger.

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