Table 2.
Summary of adapted and standardised scales in the Pigs for Peace impact evaluation*
Key indicators | Instrument | Description |
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Household food security | FANTA III/USAID Household food insecurity access scale (past month)29 and Household Dietary Diversity Score (past day)30 | Questions on household food security in the past month and consumption in the past day |
General health and function | SF-8 Health Survey26 | 8 questions on physical and emotional health in the past 4 weeks |
Past experience of trauma | Harvard Trauma Questionnaire31 | Participant ever experienced 18 different types of trauma |
Mental health | Hopkins Symptom Checklist32 | 25 questions on symptoms of anxiety and depression in the past 4 weeks |
Trauma symptoms | Harvard Trauma Questionnaire31 | 16 questions on trauma symptoms experienced in the past week |
Intimate partner violence | Modified Conflict Tactics Scale33 34 | Ever and past year experience of specific acts of physical, psychological and sexual intimate partner violence |
Stigma | Devaluation—Discrimination Scale; Adapted Negative Self-Perception Scale;35 Everyday Discrimination Scale36 | Measured (1) perceived stigma, (2) internalised stigma, (3) experienced stigma |
*In addition to the measures listed in the table, questions to assess sociodemographic health, economic security and employment, use of healthcare services, household and village security, family relationships were developed for this assessment.
SF-8, Short Form 8-item Health Survey.