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Development and Evaluation of the Infant Feeding Education Questionnaire for the Expanded Food and Nutrition
Alexandra L MacMillan Uribe1, Beth H Olson2
1Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Objective:
Develop and evaluate the Infant Feeding Education Questionnaire (IFEQ) to measure the impact of the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) infant-feeding education on knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral intent.
Methods:
Evaluation included content validity testing through expert reviews and cognitive interviews with low-income mothers (n = 37); construct validity using the known-groups technique (n = 679); convergent validity testing using the Infant Feeding Practices Study II questionnaire (n = 66); and test-retest reliability (n = 66).
Results:
The IFEQ had strong construct validity for knowledge and attitudes; IFEQ scores were significantly higher for the high-knowledge/attitude group (29.6 ± 3.08) than the low-knowledge/attitude group (14.5 ± 5.81; P < .001). The IFEQ failed to show convergent validity. The percent agreement between baseline and retest questions was moderate to high, indicating reliability over time.
Conclusions And Implications:
This study represents the first steps in the development of the IFEQ. There's a need to perform further testing to establish convergent validity and pilot-test the questions following EFNEP infant-feeding education.
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