Establishment of nutrition literacy core items for Chinese people
10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20200327-00458
- VernacularTitle:中国一般人群营养素养核心条目的建立
- Author:
Yaqin ZHANG
1
;
Jiao YANG
;
Zhangyi LIAO
;
Wenli ZHU
;
Zhaofeng ZHANG
;
Meihong XU
Author Information
1. 北京大学公共卫生学院营养与食品卫生学系 100191
- Keywords:
Health literacy;
Nutrition assessment;
Content validity test
- From:
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine
2020;54(10):1069-1074
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To establish core items of nutrition literacy for general population in China.Methods:The framework system and preliminary items of nutrition literacy were established through literature review and experts′ consultation. Content validity test was used to determine the nutrition literacy item. Thirteen experts in the field of human nutrition, health education and nutrition and diseases were invited to score the importance of each nutrition literacy item via Email. The judgment basis and familiarity of experts towards the items, active coefficient, and content validity were analyzed to generate the final list of nutrition literacy items.Results:92.3% of questionnaires in two rounds were collected.The active coefficient of experts was satisfied and the authority coefficient was 0.96.In the content validity evaluation, the correlation I-CVI value of each item was above 0.83 and the κvalue was above 0.74. The evaluation result was excellent.After the second round of expert consultation, all selected items met the inclusion criteria. We identified the final list of nutrition literacy items consisting of three scales (knowledge and concepts, lifestyles and dietary behaviors, and basic skills), ten subscales (basic nutrition philosophy, food classification and nutrition knowledge, healthy weight, eating behavior and culture, balanced diet, exercise health, food assessment, nutrition information acquisition and decision, nutrition safety, and weight management)with 25 items in total. Conclusions:The framework system and core items of nutrition literacy are established for Chinese people based on the content validity evaluation. The experts involved in the consultation process present a performance with good representativeness, enthusiasm and authority, and the content validity evaluation result is satisfied.
