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Community Food Security Assessment Toolkit

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Note: the title page, acknowledgements and table of contents pages are not part of the numbering below. The introduction is actually page 7 of the PDF.

1. Introduction		1
	1.1 Overview of food insecurity and hunger in the United States	2
	1.2 What is household food security?	2
	1.3 What is community food security?.	3
	1.4 Purpose and overview of the Community Food Security Assessment Toolkit	4
2. Overview of the Assessment Process		7
	2.1 What is a community food security assessment?	8
	2.2 Why conduct a community food security assessment?	9
	2.3 Determining your community's information needs	9
	2.4 Creating a community food security assessment team	10
	2.5 The planning process	11
3. Data Collection and Analysis Guide		13
	3.1 Finding and using data	14
	3.2 Data collection techniques	15
	3.3 Beginning the data collection process	17
	3.4 Analyzing and interpreting the data	18
	3.5 Basic components of a community food security assessment	29
4. Profile of Community Socioeconomic and Demographic Characteristics		30
	4.1 Purpose	31
	4.2 Analysis	31
	4.3 Indicators	31
5. Profile of Community Food Resources		33
	5.1 Purpose	34
	5.2 Analysis	34
	5.3 Indicators	38
6. Assessment of Household Food Security		39
	6.1 Purpose	40
	6.2 Analysis	42
	6.3 Indicators	42
7. Assessment of Food Resource Accessibility		43
	7.1 Purpose	44
	7.2 Analysis	44
	7.3 Indicators	46
8. Assessment of Food Availability and Affordability		48
	8.1 Purpose	49
	8.2 Analysis	51
	8.3 Indicators	53
9. Assessment of Community Food Production Resources		54
	9.1 Purpose	55
	9.2 Analysis	56
	9.3 Indicators	56
10.Glossary		59
11. References		61
12. Annotated Bibliography of Community Food Security Assessment Studies		63
Appendix A. Data Tables and Tips for Developing Them		73
	A.I Steps To Get You Started When Collecting Existing Data	74
	A.2 Tools for Collecting Socioeconomic and Demographic Data	75
	A.3 Tools for Assembling a Profile of Community Food Resources	76
	A.4 Tools for Assessing Food Resource Accessibility	84
	A.5 Tools for Assessing Community Food Production Resources	87
Appendix B. Focus Group Guides and Materials		93
	B.I Steps To Get You Started When Conducting a Focus Group	94
	B.2 Key Informant Focus Group	98
	B.3 Focus Group on Household Food Security	103
	B.4 Focus Group on Food Shopping Patterns	119
	B.5 Focus Group on Household Food Assistance	127
	B.6 Focus Group on Community Food Production Resources	133
Appendix C. Food Store Survey Instruments and Materials		136
	C.I Steps To Get You Started When Conducting a Food Store Survey	137
	C.2 Survey Preparation Guide	137
	C.3 Instructions for Data Collection	140
	C.4 Instructions for Data Analysis	145
	C.5 Food Store Survey Instrument and Materials	154

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