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Critical Nutrition Literacy Instrument

Characteristics

Specific context: Nutrition
Validation sample population age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of items: 19
Sample size in validation study: 473
Administration Time (minutes): 20 minutes
Language of validated version: English

Main article reference

Guttersrud, O., Dalane, J.O., & Pettersen, S. (2013). Improving measurement in nutrition literacy research using Rasch modelling: examining stage-specific 'critical nutrition literacy' scales. Public Health Nutr, Epub Mar 11 doi: 10.1017/S1368980013000530.

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Description

To assess two aspects of critical nutrution literacy - assessing nursing students' engagement in dietary habits and their level of taking a critical stance toward nutrition claims and their sources

Year Measure first Published: 2013

About This Measure

Categorical scoring: Yes
Scoring categories: 5-point rating scale: 1) disagree strongly, 2) disagree partly, 3) neither agree nor disagree, 4) agree partly, and 5) agree strongly

About the Validation of this Measure

Country where validated: Norway
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