This is the fourth webinar in the ‘Measuring Food Insecurity in the Era of COVID-19’ series. Learn more about this series and our previous webinars here.
Data for Nutrition members can access supplementary materials here.
Description:
The Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale (ELCSA) is an experience-based food insecurity scale originally created for Latin American and Caribbean contexts. Since its creation, its use has expanded globally and it became the basis for FAO’s Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES). Join us for a discussion of the influence of experience based scales on food security monitoring and policy making globally. Presentations will showcase examples of how the ELCSA has been used in Mexico and Sri Lanka. Confirmed speakers include Rafael Perez-Escamilla (Yale University), Mireya Vilar-Compte (Montclair State University), and Thilini Agampodi (Rajarata University of Sri Lanka). Commentary and Q&A moderated by Pablo Gaitán-Rossi (Universidad Iberoamericana) will follow presentations.
Speakers:
Rafael Perez-Escamilla
Professor, Yale School of Public Health
Director, Global Health Concentration
@YaleSPH, @rperezescamilla
Mireya Vilar-Compte
Associate Professor, Montclair State University
@montclairstateu, @Mvilar213
Thilini Agampodi
Professor, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
Moderator:
Pablo Gaitán-Rossi
Associate Professor, Universidad Iberoamericana
@equide_ibero, @IBEROinvestiga, @pablogaitan
