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Reproducibility and Validity of a Self-Administered Food Safety Assessment Tool on Children and Adolescent’s Risk Perception, Knowledge, and Practices

The present study aimed to verify the instrument’s reliability and validity for assessing children and adolescents’ risk perception, knowledge, and food safety practices in the school context. Moreover, it aimed to test the hypothesis that both application methods (paper and pencil (PAPI) and online...

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Autores principales: Batista, Sueny Andrade, Ginani, Verônica Cortez, Stedefeldt, Elke, Nakano, Eduardo Yoshio, Botelho, Raquel Braz Assunção
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9823607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36615869
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15010213
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author Batista, Sueny Andrade
Ginani, Verônica Cortez
Stedefeldt, Elke
Nakano, Eduardo Yoshio
Botelho, Raquel Braz Assunção
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Ginani, Verônica Cortez
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Nakano, Eduardo Yoshio
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description The present study aimed to verify the instrument’s reliability and validity for assessing children and adolescents’ risk perception, knowledge, and food safety practices in the school context. Moreover, it aimed to test the hypothesis that both application methods (paper and pencil (PAPI) and online) are valid. The instrument comprised three questionnaires and followed a strict protocol to combine online and PAPI models, resulting in five application forms. The sample consisted of 439 Brazilian students from 10 to 14 years old (y/o). The results related to reliability and validity indicated that the knowledge questionnaire presented adequate stability and discriminant validity coefficients. The self-reported practices questionnaire obtained acceptable coefficients of stability and internal consistency. Regarding risk perception data, it was observed that students attribute a low probability of Foodborne Diseases (FBD) outbreaks occurrence and low severity of possible symptoms. In addition, students demonstrated insufficient knowledge and inadequate practices on issues related to failures associated with the time and temperature of preparation, storage, and exposure of food, contamination of food, and consumption of unsafe food. In this context, the reproducibility and validity indices need to be interpreted and discussed correctly, and young people in food safety actions are a priority in facing FBD.
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spelling pubmed-98236072023-01-08 Reproducibility and Validity of a Self-Administered Food Safety Assessment Tool on Children and Adolescent’s Risk Perception, Knowledge, and Practices Batista, Sueny Andrade Ginani, Verônica Cortez Stedefeldt, Elke Nakano, Eduardo Yoshio Botelho, Raquel Braz Assunção Nutrients Article The present study aimed to verify the instrument’s reliability and validity for assessing children and adolescents’ risk perception, knowledge, and food safety practices in the school context. Moreover, it aimed to test the hypothesis that both application methods (paper and pencil (PAPI) and online) are valid. The instrument comprised three questionnaires and followed a strict protocol to combine online and PAPI models, resulting in five application forms. The sample consisted of 439 Brazilian students from 10 to 14 years old (y/o). The results related to reliability and validity indicated that the knowledge questionnaire presented adequate stability and discriminant validity coefficients. The self-reported practices questionnaire obtained acceptable coefficients of stability and internal consistency. Regarding risk perception data, it was observed that students attribute a low probability of Foodborne Diseases (FBD) outbreaks occurrence and low severity of possible symptoms. In addition, students demonstrated insufficient knowledge and inadequate practices on issues related to failures associated with the time and temperature of preparation, storage, and exposure of food, contamination of food, and consumption of unsafe food. In this context, the reproducibility and validity indices need to be interpreted and discussed correctly, and young people in food safety actions are a priority in facing FBD. MDPI 2023-01-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9823607/ /pubmed/36615869 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15010213 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title Reproducibility and Validity of a Self-Administered Food Safety Assessment Tool on Children and Adolescent’s Risk Perception, Knowledge, and Practices
title_full Reproducibility and Validity of a Self-Administered Food Safety Assessment Tool on Children and Adolescent’s Risk Perception, Knowledge, and Practices
title_fullStr Reproducibility and Validity of a Self-Administered Food Safety Assessment Tool on Children and Adolescent’s Risk Perception, Knowledge, and Practices
title_full_unstemmed Reproducibility and Validity of a Self-Administered Food Safety Assessment Tool on Children and Adolescent’s Risk Perception, Knowledge, and Practices
title_short Reproducibility and Validity of a Self-Administered Food Safety Assessment Tool on Children and Adolescent’s Risk Perception, Knowledge, and Practices
title_sort reproducibility and validity of a self-administered food safety assessment tool on children and adolescent’s risk perception, knowledge, and practices
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9823607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36615869
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15010213
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