Development of a reliable and valid nutritional knowledge questionnaire for urban South African adolescents

Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 76-85

  Whati, L H ^a   Senekal, M ^b   Steyn, N P ^a   Nel, J H ^b   Lombard, C ^a   Norris, S ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Nutrition knowledge; Questionnaire development; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; NUTRITION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TEACHING; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ADULT; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 12344328395     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2004.09.011     Document Type: Article

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