Andrea Begley|Ellen Paynter|Satvinder S. Dhaliwal
Evaluation Tool Development for Food Literacy Programs
Curtin University|Curtin University|Curtin University
food literacy described behaviours involved planning purchasing preparing eating food critical achieving healthy dietary intakes food literacy programs require valid reliable evaluation measures aim paper describe development validation selfadministered questionnaire measure food literacy behaviours targeted food sensations adults program western australia validity reliability tests applied questionnaire item development commencing deductive approach using australian empirical evidence food literacy construct along components b adapting extensivelytested food behaviour checklist generate pool items investigation iterative process applied develop specific food literacy behaviour checklist program evaluation including exploratory factor analysis content face construct validity resulted 14item food behaviour checklist three factors entitled plan amp manage selection preparation evident resulting cronbachs alpha 079 076 081 respectively indicating good reliability factors research produced validated questionnaire useful starting point food literacy programs applications globally