Using Qualitative Methods to Improve Questionnaires for Spanish Speakers: Assessing Face Validity of a Food Behavior Checklist

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-90

  Banna, Jinan C ^a   Vera Becerra, Luz E ^a   Kaiser, Lucia L ^a   Townsend, Marilyn S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIET; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72149115176     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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