Abstract
ELCSA, the Latin American and Caribbean Household Food Security Measurement Scale, is a survey that was used to determine food security status in Santa Maria and Montana de la Flor regions of Honduras. Households with children aged 6 to 60 months were randomly selected to participate. The food security level was determined using the positive responses to the 15 question survey: no positive responses defined food-secure, 1 to 5 defined food-insecure, 6 to 10 defined very food-insecure, and 11 to 15 defined severely food-insecure household. Within the 140 participating households, 10.7% were food-secure; 13.6% food-insecure, 22.9% very food-insecure, and 52.9% severely food-insecure households.