Heather D Gibbs1, Amy R Kennett2, Elizabeth H Kerling2, Qing Yu3, Byron Gajewski3, Lauren T Ptomey4, Debra K Sullivan2. 1. Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS. Electronic address: hgibbs@kumc.edu. 2. Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS. 3. Department of Biostatistics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS. 4. Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the reliability and validity of the Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument for Parents (NLit-P) and to investigate relationships among parental nutrition literacy, parental and child body mass index, and child diet quality (Healthy Eating Index). METHODS: Cross-sectional study of 101 parent-child dyads that collected measures of socioeconomic status, nutrition literacy, 2 24-hour child diet recalls, and body mass index. Reliability of NLit-P was assessed by confirmatory factor analysis. Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression were used. RESULTS: Fair to substantial reliability was seen across 5 NLit-P domains, whereas Pearson correlations support concurrent validity for the NLit-P related to child diet quality and parental income, age, and educational attainment (P < .001). For every 1% increase in NLit-P, there was a 0.51 increase in child Healthy Eating Index (multivariate coefficient, 0.174; P < .001). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: The NLit-P demonstrates potential for measuring parental nutrition literacy, which may be an important educational target for improving child diet quality.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the reliability and validity of the Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument for Parents (NLit-P) and to investigate relationships among parental nutrition literacy, parental and child body mass index, and child diet quality (Healthy Eating Index). METHODS: Cross-sectional study of 101 parent-child dyads that collected measures of socioeconomic status, nutrition literacy, 2 24-hour child diet recalls, and body mass index. Reliability of NLit-P was assessed by confirmatory factor analysis. Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression were used. RESULTS: Fair to substantial reliability was seen across 5 NLit-P domains, whereas Pearson correlations support concurrent validity for the NLit-P related to child diet quality and parental income, age, and educational attainment (P < .001). For every 1% increase in NLit-P, there was a 0.51 increase in child Healthy Eating Index (multivariate coefficient, 0.174; P < .001). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: The NLit-P demonstrates potential for measuring parental nutrition literacy, which may be an important educational target for improving child diet quality.
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