Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior Concerning Nutrition and Physical Activity in Mexican Children

Abstract

It is important to consider the stages of behavior change to plan strategies of educational models.

Psychometric assessment of the Behavior and Attitudes Questionnaire for Healthy Habits: measuring parents’ views on food and physical activity

“…These results suggest that this group of parents was in agreement with statements related to health concerns at the start; however, as noted by Baranowski et al (19) , prevailing attitudes or concerns may limit implementation of recommended behaviour changes. Also, the transtheoretical approach may enhance community programming with consideration of self-efficacy or readiness to change as noted by others (23)(24)(25) .…”

“…A community coalition of members from schools, health care, higher education and recreation activities considered these three key areas to be fundamental for monitoring of programme implementation that matched with behavioural change models (19) . Although researchers may adapt an instrument with revision and adding of pertinent items as needed (22,23,25) , item generation for the BAQ-HH relied on multiple surveys (28) . A list of items was extracted from existing surveys identified through a structured search of peer-reviewed literature (11,(29)(30)(31)(32)(33) and public health promotion materials (34,35) .…”

“…agreement that food labels were useful, accurate and truthful) were found to mediate the relationship between knowledge and behaviour (22) . Researchers have also considered other frameworks with KAB-framed interventions among different groups, such as the transtheoretical model (23) and self-efficacy constructs (24,25) . Despite the availability of parent questionnaires to assess nutrition education, a systematic review by Pinard et al showed that use of these tools is limited by the lack of psychometric assessment and the topic thus merits further research (26) .…”

Validation of the Questionnaire “Stage of Change in Behavior of Scholars in Eating Habits and Physical Activity” (CEHAF)

“…It is necessary to develop comprehensive strategies with measurable impact that address knowledge, attitudes, and habits towards nutrition and PA (Escalante-Guerrero et al, 2012). For these purposes, the trans-theoretical model of health behavior change (TTM) can result helpful, since it evaluates the readiness to change a behavior (Greene et al, 1999).…”

“…Questionnaires and scales about the stage of change of an individual can be useful to assess the attitudinal factors and the willingness to change the lifestyle (Escalante-Guerrero et al, 2012). Several instruments for health-related issues have been developed worldwide based on the TTM, showing adequate psychometric properties (Andrés, Saldaña, & Gómez-Benito, 2011;Blaney et al, 2012;Henry, Smith, & Ahmad, 2013;Kushida & Murayama, 2012;Sarbandi, Niknami, Hidarnia, Hajizadeh, & Montazeri, 2013;Vereecken et al, 2009).…”