Abolfazl Taheri, Mostafa Langarizadeh, Jalil Ghani Dehkordi, Omid Yousefianzadeh
Development of health literacy among postgraduate students: From information literacy perspective
Journal of education and health promotion
eating food literacy behaviors questionnaire eflbq instrument tested capacity distinguish among individuals assumed higher lower food literacy aim study examine compare eflbq scores among university students without formal nutritionrelated training study crosssectional design two hundred twentyseven young adult university students enrolled nonnutritionrelated classes n 76 introductory nutrition classes n 98 seniorlevel nutrition classes n 53 recruited large university southeastern united states spring fall semesters 2022 students ranged age 18 30 years mean eflbq total scores factor scores health nutrition taste food preparation planning decision making convenience compared among three groups linear regression backward method examined whether level training age sex race ethnicity bmi independent variables associated total eflbq mean scores analysis variance anova compared normally distributed data kruskalwallis mannwhitney u tests compared nonnormally distributed data linear regression testing found level nutrition training significantly associated total eflbq scores students seniorlevel nutrition classes higher total eflbq mean scores 31 02 students nonnutritionrelated classes 29 03 p 0002 95 ci 0055 0280 introductory nutrition classes 29 03 p 0001 95 ci 0275 0061 total eflbq mean scores different among students nonnutritionalrelated classes introductory nutrition classes p 1000 95 ci 0096 0096 scores differed training level items measuring eflbq factor 1 health nutrition factor 1 mean scores higher students seniorlevel classes 31 04 nonnutrition classes 27 05 p 0001 95 ci 0294 0670 introductory nutrition classes 28 05 p 0001 95 ci 0228 0553 eflbq factor mean scores different among three groups pvalues 012 eflbq demonstrated capacity distinguish food literacy scores students expected higher compared lower food literacy