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Universal v. risk-based screening for food insecurity

J.F. Steiner, C. Zeng
Public Health Nutr

In this letter to the editor, the authors discuss ethical and practical considerations of risk-based versus universal screening for food insecurity, highlighting the high false positive rates that would result from universal screening in low food insecurity populations.

Steiner JF, Zeng C. Universal v. risk-based screening for food insecurity. Public Health Nutr. 2017;20(11):2076. PMID: 28487008. DOI: 10.1017/S1368980017000714.

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Commentaries & Blogs
Screening research
Yes
Social Determinant of Health
Food/Hunger