Heather Gibbs|Karen Chapman?Novakofski
Establishing Content Validity for the Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument
University of Illinois System|University of Kansas Medical Center|University of Kansas Medical Center
identification low levels health literacy important effective communication providers clients assessment instruments general health literacy inadequate use nutrition education encounters identify nutrition literacy primary objective 2part study assess content validity nutrition literacy assessment instrument nlaithis study included 35item online survey registered dietitians 134 answered questions pilot study 5 registered dietitians used nlai among 26 clients nutrition education consultations assess agreement nlai survey participants used following scale necessary 70 agreement adequate 80 agreement good 90 agreement comments analyzed using content analysis pilot made comparisons subjective assessments rapid estimate adult literacy medicine realm nlai registered dietitians also completed postpilotstudy surveyfor online survey found good agreement average 897 including section nlai sections accomplished purpose average 815 pilot realm nlai correlation r 038 significant subjective assessment clients dietitians nlai lacked agreement 44 time registered dietitians provided instruction deficient knowledge skills identified nlai 90 timethe nlai contentvalid measure nutrition literacy additional validation nlai important objective instrument needed identifying nutrition literacy construct appears different health literacy