Identifying Who Improves or Maintains Their Food Literacy Behaviours after Completing an Adult Program

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ID15499847
AuthorsAndrea Begley (0000-0002-5448-8932, Curtin University, corresponding author), Ellen Paynter (Curtin University), Lucy M Butcher (0000-0002-2960-3281, Foodbank Western Australia, Perth Airport 6105, Australia), Vanessa Bobongie (Foodbank Western Australia, Perth Airport 6105, Australia), Satvinder S Dhaliwal (0000-0002-4476-1042, National University of Singapore)
Year2020
Volume17
Issue12
Pages4462-4462
Publication date2020-06-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph17124462
PMID32575889
OpenAlexW3036477869
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited29

Food Sensations for Adults is a free four-week nutrition and cooking program that teaches low- to middle-income individuals food literacy. This research aimed to compare demographic characteristics of participants who completed the program's follow-up questionnaire three months after program completion and assess whether food literacy and dietary behaviour changes were improved or maintained. Statistical analysis methods used factor scores of the plan and manage, selection, and preparation domains to examine mean self-reported changes in food literacy. Tertile stratification methods calculated changes in participants who had low, middle, and high end-of-program food literacy scores, and multivariable regression analysis explored the associations. The follow-up results ( n = 621) demonstrated a statistically significant factor score increase in plan and manage (3%) and selection (7.2%) domain scores, and a decrease in the preparation score (3.1%), and serves of consumed vegetables (7.9%), but were still significantly higher than at the start of the program. At follow-up, participants with low food literacy at the program end significantly improved their follow-up domain scores for plan and manage (60%) and selection (73.3%), and participants with moderate or high food literacy at the program end maintained their follow-up scores. A food literacy program can support adults to improve and maintain their food literacy behaviours and maintain dietary behaviour change; therefore, strategies to support this continued change must be considered

Environmental health · Health literacy · Literacy · Pedagogy · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Gerontology

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