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Reliability of Questionnaires to Assess the Healthy Eating and Activity Environment of a Child's Home and School
- Source :
- Journal of Obesity, Journal of Obesity, Vol 2013 (2013)
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2013.
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Abstract
- Childhood overweight and obesity are a growing concern globally, and environments, including the home and school, can contribute to this epidemic. This paper assesses the reliability of two questionnaires (parent and teacher) used in the evaluation of a community-based childhood obesity prevention intervention, theeat well be active (ewba)Community Programs. Parents and teachers were recruited from two primary schools and they completed the same questionnaire twice in 2008 and 2009. Data from both questionnaires were classified into outcomes relevant to healthy eating and activity, and target outcomes, based on the goals of theewbaCommunity Programs, were identified. Fourteen and 12 outcomes were developed from the parent and teacher questionnaires, respectively. Sixty parents and 28 teachers participated in the reliability study. Intraclass correlation coefficients for outcomes ranged from 0.37 to 0.92 (parent) (P<0.05) and from 0.42 to 0.86 (teacher) (P<0.05). Internal consistency, measured by Cronbach’s alpha, of teacher scores ranged from 0.11 to 0.91 and 0.13 to 0.78 for scores from the parent questionnaire. The parent and teacher questionnaires are moderately reliable tools for simultaneously assessing child intakes, environments, attitudes, and knowledge associated with healthy eating and physical activity in the home and school and may be useful for evaluation of similar programs.
- Subjects :
- Parents
lcsh:Internal medicine
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Pediatric Obesity
medicine.medical_specialty
Article Subject
Adolescent
Intraclass correlation
Health Status
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Health Behavior
education
Child Behavior
Nutritional Status
Healthy eating
Environment
Motor Activity
Diet Surveys
behavioral disciplines and activities
Childhood obesity
Cronbach's alpha
Residence Characteristics
Surveys and Questionnaires
Reliability study
South Australia
Humans
Medicine
lcsh:RC31-1245
Child
Life Style
Reliability (statistics)
Schools
business.industry
Public health
Reproducibility of Results
medicine.disease
Faculty
Obesity
Diet
Nutrition Assessment
Adolescent Behavior
Child, Preschool
Physical therapy
Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
business
Research Article
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20900716 and 20900708
- Volume :
- 2013
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Obesity
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d6c2719682ff27a7e60c9fc9ed189bfd