This project aims to develop and pilot Cultural Food Security Index (CFSI) tailored to experiences of immigrants in Canada. The project will employ a mixed methods approach - qualitative, community-based participatory research approach, engaging newcomer immigrants through in-depth interviews to explore their definition of cultural food insecurity and identify key indicators for the CFSI through quantitative survey approaches to scale development and testing.

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With a team of experts in scale development (Dr. Boateng, Dr. Owuor, and Dr. Onyango), we will produce a validated measurement tool incorporating cultural preferences, and community-specific factors alongside conventional food security indicators that will be scaled to other regions.

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