Andrea Begley|Danielle Gallegos|Helen A. Vidgen
Effectiveness of Australian cooking skill interventions
Curtin University|Queensland University of Technology|Queensland University of Technology
purpose purpose paper assess effectiveness cooking skill interventions csis targeting adults improve dietary intakes public health nutrition settings designmethodologyapproach scoping review literature used identify assess quality effectiveness australian singlestrategy csis multistrategy programmes included cooking independent healthy people older 16 years 1992 2015 findings 15 interventions n 15 identified review included csis single strategies n 8 part multistrategy programmes n 7 23 years majority interventions rated weak quality 66 per cent due study design lack control groups lack validated evaluation measures small sample sizes half 53 per cent csis reviewed described measurement related improved dietary behaviours research limitationsimplications inconclusive evidence csis effective changing dietary behaviours australia however valued policymakers practitioners used public health nutrition programmes particularly indigenous groups originalityvalue first time csis reviewed australian context provide evidence critical need improve quality csis positively influence dietary behaviour change australia