Azam Doustmohammadian|Nasrin Omidvar|Nastaran Keshavarz-Mohammadi|Morteza Abdollahi|Maryam Amini|Hassan Eini?Zinab
Developing and validating a scale to measure Food and Nutrition Literacy (FNLIT) in elementary school children in Iran
National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences|National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences|National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences|National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences|National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
food nutrition literacy emerging term increasingly used policy research though research area growing progression limited lack accepted method measure food nutrition literacy aim study develop valid reliable questionnaire assess food nutrition literacy elementary school children city tehranthe study conducted three phases develop food nutrition literacy fnlit questionnaire comprehensive literature review qualitative study initially performed identify food nutrition literacy dimensions components content face validity questionnaire evaluated expert panel well students second phase construct validity scale evaluated using explanatory factor analyses efa confirmatory factor analyses cfa last phase confirmatory phase final version questionnaire evaluated 400 studentsfindings show content validity ratio cvr content validity index cvi 62item questionnaire acceptable levels 087 092 respectively efa suggested sixfactor construct namely understanding food nutrition information knowledge functional interactive food choice critical results cfa indicated acceptable fit indices proposed models subscales demonstrated satisfactory internal consistency cronbachs alpha070 except critical skill subscale 048 intraclass correlation coefficient icc 090 ci 083094 indicated food nutrition literacy fnlit scale satisfactory stability phase development progressively improved questionnaire resulted 46item 42 likerttype items 4 truefalse items food nutrition literacy fnlit scale questionnaire measured two domains 6 subscales including 1 cognitive domain understanding knowledge 2 skill domain functional food choice interactive critical skillsthe developed food nutrition literacy scale valid reliable instrument measure food nutrition literacy children measure lays solid empirical theoretical foundation future research tailored interventions promote food nutrition literacy age group