The development of a food knowledge questionnaire for tanzanian women of childbearing age.

Eating Feeding Behavior Female Humans Nutritional Status Surveys and Questionnaires Tanzania / epidemiology
Africa Tanzania childbearing age diet and health food knowledge food security women

Journal

Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)
ISSN: 1873-1244
Titre abrégé: Nutrition
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8802712

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
10 2021
Historique:
received: 07 10 2020
revised: 07 01 2021
accepted: 18 02 2021
pubmed: 6 7 2021
medline: 14 10 2021
entrez: 5 7 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The incidence of malnutrition in developing countries, such as many of those located in Sub-Saharan Africa, is still high, especially in vulnerable categories such as women of childbearing age. Among the several factors influencing dietary intake and eating habits, evidence shows the importance of food knowledge (FK), essential in establishing and maintaining strategies aimed at reducing the burden of disease and promoting wellbeing. The present research was aimed at describing the methodology for designing a questionnaire to investigate Food Knowledge in Tanzania women of childbearing age. The Food Knowledge Questionnaire (FKQ) was developed by adapting items from the Ugandan questionnaire to cultural background and food habits of Tanzanian women of childbearing age. A pilot version of the FKQ was tested on a small sample of respondents, 83 women of childbearing age living in the region of Arusha. After describing the sample and the scorings, the pilot version of the questionnaire was analysed through Multiple Correspondence Analysis, aimed at exploring the relationships between items and the properties of the scoring system. The exploratory analyses of the questionnaire allowed to identify those items not related to the others and whose scores were not related to food knowledge, therefore constituting the basis for the questionnaire to be refined and validated. The final version of the Tanzanian FKQ "to be validated" ended up consisting of five sections: Section A, about social and economic information (17 questions); Section B, related to health experts advice (5 questions); Section C1 and C2 about food groups (7+7 questions); Section D about diseases and nutrition (6 questions). The questionnaire includes 114 close-ended questions in total. The exploratory analyses performed have led to define the relationships between items and latent constructs, allowing to identify of "correct food knowledge" and "incorrect food knowledge" archetypals.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND
The incidence of malnutrition in developing countries, such as many of those located in Sub-Saharan Africa, is still high, especially in vulnerable categories such as women of childbearing age. Among the several factors influencing dietary intake and eating habits, evidence shows the importance of food knowledge (FK), essential in establishing and maintaining strategies aimed at reducing the burden of disease and promoting wellbeing. The present research was aimed at describing the methodology for designing a questionnaire to investigate Food Knowledge in Tanzania women of childbearing age.
METHODS
The Food Knowledge Questionnaire (FKQ) was developed by adapting items from the Ugandan questionnaire to cultural background and food habits of Tanzanian women of childbearing age. A pilot version of the FKQ was tested on a small sample of respondents, 83 women of childbearing age living in the region of Arusha. After describing the sample and the scorings, the pilot version of the questionnaire was analysed through Multiple Correspondence Analysis, aimed at exploring the relationships between items and the properties of the scoring system.
RESULTS
The exploratory analyses of the questionnaire allowed to identify those items not related to the others and whose scores were not related to food knowledge, therefore constituting the basis for the questionnaire to be refined and validated.
DISCUSSION
The final version of the Tanzanian FKQ "to be validated" ended up consisting of five sections: Section A, about social and economic information (17 questions); Section B, related to health experts advice (5 questions); Section C1 and C2 about food groups (7+7 questions); Section D about diseases and nutrition (6 questions). The questionnaire includes 114 close-ended questions in total. The exploratory analyses performed have led to define the relationships between items and latent constructs, allowing to identify of "correct food knowledge" and "incorrect food knowledge" archetypals.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2021.111218 PMID: 34224980
pubmed: 34224980
pii: S0899-9007(21)00080-0
doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2021.111218
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

111218

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Maria Vittoria Conti (MV)

Laboratory of Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, via Bassi 21, 27100 Pavia, Italy. Electronic address: mariavittoria.conti01@universitadipavia.it.

Marco Gnesi (M)

Section of Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.

Rachele De Giuseppe (R)

Laboratory of Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, via Bassi 21, 27100 Pavia, Italy.

Hellas Cena (H)

Laboratory of Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, via Bassi 21, 27100 Pavia, Italy; Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Service, Unit of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, ICS Maugeri IRCCS, Pavia, Italy.

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questionsmedicales.fr › Phénomènes physiologiques de l'appareil buccodentaire et de l'appareil digestif › Phénomènes physiologiques de l'appareil digestif › Consommation alimentaire › The development of a food knowledge...
questionsmedicales.fr › Phénomènes physiologiques › Alimentation et nutrition › Phénomènes physiologiques nutritionnels › Comportement alimentaire › The development of a food knowledge...
questionsmedicales.fr › Eucaryotes › Animaux › Chordés › Vertébrés › Mammifères › Eutheria › Primates › Haplorhini › Catarrhini › Hominidae › Humains › The development of a food knowledge...
questionsmedicales.fr › Caractéristiques de la population › État nutritionnel › The development of a food knowledge...
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questionsmedicales.fr › Régions géographiques › Afrique › Afrique subsaharienne › Afrique de l'Est › Tanzanie › The development of a food knowledge...