Reliability and validity of a nutrition and physical activity environmental self-assessment for child care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few assessment instruments have examined the nutrition and physical activity environments in child care, and none are self-administered. Given the emerging focus on child care settings as a target for intervention, a valid and reliable measure of the nutrition and physical activity environment is needed.

Methods

To measure inter-rater reliability, 59 child care center directors and 109 staff completed the self-assessment concurrently, but independently. Three weeks later, a repeat self-assessment was completed by a sub-sample of 38 directors to assess test-retest reliability. To assess criterion validity, a researcher-administered environmental assessment was conducted at 69 centers and was compared to a self-assessment completed by the director. A weighted kappa

SUBMITTER: Benjamin SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1934916 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature