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Standardizing the instruments for measuring youth EFNEP effects
Author(s) -
Serrano Elena,
Brosh Joanne,
Bhattarai Ranju
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.25.1_supplement.353.7
Subject(s) - test (biology) , reliability (semiconductor) , content validity , validity , psychology , nutrition education , medical education , applied psychology , medicine , gerontology , clinical psychology , psychometrics , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
The goal of this paper is to develop and test a standardized instrument to measure the effects of a nutrition education program for limited resource youth – the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP). The instrument development consisted of several steps: 1) Consultation with an advisory board of nationally‐recognized faculty in nutrition, obesity, EFNEP, and evaluation to determine what should be measured, 2) Conduct a literature review to identify instruments tested for reliability and validity, 3) Select and modify questions from these instruments to include for pilot testing. A review of literature identified 15 instruments commonly used in the evaluation of both EFNEP and non‐EFNEP youth nutrition education. However, several instruments intended for youth EFNEP were not rigorously tested for validity and reliability. Building upon the existing literature, we developed survey questions to measure three outcome dimensions: self‐efficacy, behavioral intention and behavior. The following topics from the dietary guidelines that were relevant to low‐income youth aged 7–14 years were included: different food groups from MyPyramid, beverages, discretionary calories, physical activity, portion size, and sodium intake. About 300 participants are currently completing the pilot test of 93 questions. The paper and presentation will report the validity and reliability of this instrument. Research Supported by USDA.