Development of a tool for food literacy assessment for young adults: findings from a Korean validation study
- 주제(키워드) food literacy , tool development , factor analysis , food choice , dietary behavior
- 주제(기타) Nutrition & Dietetics
- 설명문(일반) [Na, Yeseul; Cho, Mi Sook] Ewha Womans Univ, Dept Nutr Sci & Food Management, Seoul 03760, South Korea
- 등재 SCIE, SCOPUS
- 발행기관 H E C PRESS, HEALTHY EATING CLUB PTY LTD
- 발행년도 2020
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000175474
- 본문언어 영어
- Published As http://dx.doi.org/10.6133/apjcn.202012_29(4).0024
- PubMed https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33377383
초록/요약
Background and Objectives: There is little research on the development and validation of measurement tools to evaluate integrative concepts of food literacy; however, this is a growing research area. Methods and Study Design: A food literacy measurement tool for young Korean adults was developed in three phases: (1) tool development and content validation using the Delphi method (2) pilot testing (n=108) and (3) confirmatory study (n=435) and internal consistency using Cronbach's a and the test-retest for reliability. p<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Feedback from the Delphi rounds resulted in modification and rewording of nine items, yielding 105 items with acceptable content validity ratio (CVR). Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) revealed an eight-factor construct: food and nutrition knowledge, food safety, food systems, sociocultural context, food skill, food choice, self-efficacy, and food resource management. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) indicated that the validated tool met the acceptable indices of basic psychometric standards, and internal consistency was satisfactory for all subscales (Cronbach's alpha >0.70). Conclusions: A validated food literacy assessment tool for young Korean adults was developed.
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