Validity and reliability of a short questionnaire for assessing the impact of cooking skills interventions

Abstract

This tool provides a standardised method of evaluating cooking skills interventions that could be utilised in the development and evaluation of multicentre cooking skills interventions.

Domestic cooking and food skills: A review

“…Two intervention studies exclusively recruited women (18,20); six contained both men and women, although women made up the majority of respondents (12,14,15,16,19,22); one intervention focused specifically on retired men over 65 years of age (17); and, two interventions comprised largely mixed gender samples (13,21). The two intervention studies which focused on student populations (16,22) assessed dietary outcomes including FV and overall meal patterns.…”

“…The two intervention studies which focused on student populations (16,22) assessed dietary outcomes including FV and overall meal patterns. Most other intervention studies focused on low-income or socially deprived populations, and assessed dietary outcomes at least in terms of FV (12,13,19,21). Two studies assessing the Cooking with a Chef programme (CWC) focused on outcomes relating to the Food Behaviour Checklist (FBC) which covers FS such as: food selection and preparation, food safety and meal patterns (14,15), although dietary behaviour is discussed, measures are not reported.…”

“…Four of the intervention studies did not explicitly report measurement development work relating to the CS and FS measurement scales (14,17,18,20); three reported limited psychometric data (typically relating only to the internal reliability of scales, i.e., Cronbach's alpha values) (12,16,21); and, four reported extensive psychometric evaluations covering multiple aspects of both reliability and validity (13,15,19,22), though (13) and (15) were publications specifically outlining the development of scales relating to CS and FS.…”

A randomized controlled trial of nutrition education to promote farmers’ market fruit and vegetable purchases and consumption among women enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC): rationale and design of the WIC Fresh Start program

“…Adapted from existing instruments (Cronbach alphas ≥ .70) [40,[51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59], up to ten items per scale were written (some negatively worded to avoid a response set) [60]. Response options are on a yes-no, true-false, multiple choice or 7-point Likert scale format tailored to the nature of the questions.…”

Evaluating the effectiveness of a community-based dietary intervention in Nottingham

“…Data was collected at different points in time using varied methods such as self-reported questionnaires, semi-structured interviews and focus groups. The quantitative component reflects the most usual evaluation method of community-based dietary intervention as undertaken by practitioners delivering such services (Garcia et al, 2013 andBarton, Wrieden andAnderson, 2011). A self-reported questionnaire was used at pre intervention and post intervention which measured consumption of fruit, vegetables, fat and sugar consumption.…”