Prototype Notebook: Short Questions on Dietary Intake, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors

By Heather Hartline-Grafton, Rebecca Nyman, Ronette Briefel, and Rhoda Cohen, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. ERS project representatives: Joanne Guthrie and Eileen Stommes

E-FAN No. (04010) 171 pp, September 2004

This report provides a compendium of 128 survey questions used in previous research to assess dietary knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors for low-income populations over the age of 18. The short questions or sets of questions on nine topics, including fruits and vegetables; grains, legumes, and fiber; variety; fat; calcium food sources; nonalcoholic beverages; knowledge, attitudes; and behaviors, are drawn from an extensive inventory and evaluation of available questions reported in the research literature. Each question is presented using a common template including the citations, data sources, and characteristics such as question reliability, validity, sensitivity to change, availability in other languages, mode of administration, use in populations with low-income and/or low-education levels, relation to nutrition and health outcomes, and availability of comparative data. This report is part of a larger ERS research effort to develop a common core set of questions to assess the dietary behavior impact of Food Stamp Nutrition Education (FSNE) on Food Stamp Program participants.

Keywords: Diet and health knowledge, Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program, FSNE, Food Stamp Program, low-income populations, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, FANRP, ERS, USDA

In this report ...

Chapters are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

• Abstract, Contents, Executive Summary, 168 kb
• Prototype Notebook, 63 kb
• Recommended Questions
  
  • Fruits and Vegetables, 166 kb
  • Grains, Legumes, and Fiber, 172 kb
  • Variety, 148 kb
  • Fat, 184 kb
  • Calcium Food Sources, 111 kb
  • Nonalcoholic Beverages, 163 kb
  • Knowledge, 116 kb
  • Attitudes, 80 kb
  • Behaviors, 63 kb
• Appendix A: Instruments Inventoried and Question Topic Areas, 49 kb
• Appendix B: Instruments Reviewed But Not Inventoried, 25 kb
• Appendix C: Glossary of Terms Used in the Notebook Template, 41 kb
• Appendix D: Instruments with Questions That Were Not Ranked, 16 kb
• Appendix E: Citations, 29 kb

• Entire Document, 1,877 kb

Updated date: September 8, 2004