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ArticlePublic health nutrition2021

School food offer at lunchtime: assessing the validity and reliability of a web-based questionnaire.

Pascale Morin, Amélie Boulanger, Myriam Landry, Alexandre Lebel, Pierre Gagnon

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Article in Public health nutrition, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Food environment research in Canada: a rapid review of methodologies and measures deployed between 2010 and 2021.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Pascale MorinFaculté des sciences de l'activité Physique, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke, QCJ1K 2R1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0643-8068
Amélie BoulangerFaculté des sciences de l'activité Physique, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke, QCJ1K 2R1, Canada.
Myriam LandryEvaluation Platform on Obesity Prevention, Quebec Heart and Lung Institute Research Centre, Québec, QC, Canada.
Alexandre LebelEvaluation Platform on Obesity Prevention, Quebec Heart and Lung Institute Research Centre, Québec, QC, Canada.
Pierre GagnonEvaluation Platform on Obesity Prevention, Quebec Heart and Lung Institute Research Centre, Québec, QC, Canada.
Montreal Heart Institute · CAUniversité de Sherbrooke · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo develop and validate a web-based self-diagnostic questionnaire on school food service offer aimed at food service managers (FSM) by: (i) identifying relevant indicators of school food offer, developing a questionnaire and validating the concept using an expert panel; (ii) validating the questions by comparing the FSM's responses with observations by dietitians and (iii) undergoing a qualitative evaluation of the tool through direct observation and short interviews.

designMixed methods.

settingQuebec, Canada.

participantsNine experts validated the theoretical constructs and indicators on which the questionnaire was based. Inter-rater reliability tests were conducted with thirty-nine FSM, who then participated in interviews about platform functionality satisfaction. Twenty school stakeholders participated in the survey pertaining to their use of the personalised report.

resultsThe questionnaire focused on the main school food service's lunchtime offer and comprised twenty-six questions. The overall strength of agreement was good, and all questions' strengths of agreement were fair to excellent except for one question. Qualitative data reached saturation and showed that navigation through the questionnaire was fluid. Improvements were suggested to increase user-friendliness and simplicity of both the platform and questionnaire. Results from the survey showed that all respondents were either satisfied or very satisfied with their personalised report.

conclusionsWe successfully developed and validated a web-based self-diagnostic questionnaire. The final version facilitates knowledge mobilisation with school stakeholders and offers a new opportunity for the assessment and surveillance of school food offer.

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LunchSchoolsHumansInternetReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesInter-rater reliabilityQuestionnaire validationSchool environmentsSchool food offerWeb-based questionnaire

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PMID33762037
PMCPMC10195299
OpenAlexW3139503448

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