Validity and reliability of a short questionnaire for assessing the impact of cooking skills interventions

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 588-595

  Barton, K L ^a   Wrieden, W L ^b   Anderson, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooking skills; Evaluation; Intervention; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COOKING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; COOKING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81355161560     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2011.01180.x     Document Type: Article

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