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Term Description

The Hunger Vital Sign™ identifies individuals and families as being at risk for food insecurity. A positive screen is either question answered with "often true" or "sometimes true."

Reference Information

TypeSourceReference
CitationChildren's HealthWatchCopyright © 2019 Children's HealthWatch, Boston Medical CenterHager, E. R., Quigg, A. M., Black, M. M., Coleman, S. M., Heeren, T., Rose-Jacobs, R., Cook, J. T., Ettinger de Cuba, S. E., Casey, P. H., Chilton, M., Cutts, D. B., Meyers A. F., Frank, D. A. (2010). Development and Validity of a 2-Item Screen to Identify Families at Risk for Food Insecurity. Pediatrics, 126(1), 26-32. doi:10.1542/peds.2009-3146. Link

Panel Hierarchy

Details for each LOINC in Panel LHC-Forms

LOINCNameR/O/CCardinalityExample UCUM Units
88121-9Children's HealthWatch Hunger Vital Sign [HVS]
Indent88122-7Within the past 12 months we worried whether our food would run out before we got money to buy more
Indent88123-5Within the past 12 months the food we bought just didn't last and we didn't have money to get more
Indent88124-3Food insecurity risk [HVS]

LOINC Names Get Info

Fully-Specified Name
Children's HealthWatch Hunger Vital Sign:-:Pt:^Patient:-:HVS
Long Common Name
Children's HealthWatch Hunger Vital Sign [HVS]

Part Model Get Info

  • Component
    Children's HealthWatch Hunger Vital Sign
    LP264296-7
    • Analyte
      Children's HealthWatch Hunger Vital Sign
      LP264296-7
      • Component Numerator
        Children's HealthWatch Hunger Vital Sign
        LP264296-7
        • Component Numerator Core
          Children's HealthWatch Hunger Vital Sign
          LP264296-7
        • Component Numerator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
      • Component Denominator
        NULL
         
        • Component Denominator Core
          NULL
           
        • Component Denominator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
    • Challenge
      NULL
       
    • Adjustment
      NULL
       
    • Count
      NULL
       
  • Property
    -
    LP6769-6
  • Time
    Pt
    LP6960-1
  • System
    ^Patient
    LP310005-6
    • System Core
      NULL
       
    • Super System
      Patient
      LP6985-8
  • Scale
    -
    LP7747-1
  • Method
    HVS
    LP264297-5

Basic Attributes

Class
PANEL.SURVEY.GNHLTH
Type
Surveys
First Released
Version 2.63
Last Updated
Version 2.82 (NAM)
Order vs. Observation
Both
Panel Type
Panel

Member of these Groups Get Info

LOINC GroupGroup Name
LG51306-5SDOH

LOINC Terminology Service (API) using HL7® FHIR® Get Info

CodeSystem lookup
https://fhir.loinc.org/CodeSystem/$lookup?system=http://loinc.org&code=88121-9
Questionnaire definition
https://fhir.loinc.org/Questionnaire/?url=http://loinc.org/q/88121-9