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The Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument for Brazilians, NLit-Br: An Exploratory Cross-Cultural Validity Study.

Lívia Botelho da Silva Sarkis, Juliana Teruel-Camargo, Heather D Gibbs, Eduardo Y Nakano, Verônica Cortez Ginani, Aline Silva de Aguiar, Camila Dos Santos Chaves, Renata Puppin Zandonadi, Marcus Gomes Bastos

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Article in Nutrients, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Lívia Botelho da Silva SarkisSchool of Medicine and Health, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora 36038-330, MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-6274-7965
Juliana Teruel-CamargoDepartment of Dietetics and Nutrition, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0288-7744
Heather D GibbsDepartment of Dietetics and Nutrition, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
Eduardo Y NakanoDepartment of Statistics, University of Brasilia, Brasilia 70910-900, DF, Brazil.
Verônica Cortez GinaniDepartment of Nutrition, University of Brasilia, Brasilia 70910-900, DF, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-8751-3671
Aline Silva de AguiarDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, Federal Fluminense University, Niterói 24220-900, RJ, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-4903-2495
Camila Dos Santos ChavesDepartment of Nutrition, University of Brasilia, Brasilia 70910-900, DF, Brazil.
Renata Puppin ZandonadiDepartment of Nutrition, University of Brasilia, Brasilia 70910-900, DF, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0370-3089
Marcus Gomes BastosSchool of Medicine and Health, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora 36038-330, MG, Brazil.
Universidade de Brasília · BRUniversidade Federal de Juiz de Fora · BRNational Institutes of Health · USUniversidade Federal Fluminense · BRUniversity of Kansas Medical Center · US

Funding

National Council for Scientific and Technological Development PICC 202992/2014-4University of Kansas Medical Center Ringle Health Professions Scholarship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to test the validity of the cross-cultural adapted Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument for Brazilians (NLit-Br). An observational cross-sectional study was performed in chronic disease clinics from the Brazilian Public Health System in two phases: (1) linguistic and cultural adaptation and (2) validity testing. Six registered dietitians and thirty adult patients diagnosed with at least one chronic disease participated in the study using the nutrition literacy assessment instrument (NLit-Br) and the short assessment of health literacy for Portuguese-speaking adults (SAHLPA-18). Sample descriptive variables: age, sex, race, income, education, and occupation. To adapt the instrument to the Brazilian Portuguese and Brazilian culture, we tested cognitive interviewing and the Scale Content Validity Index (S-CVI) with a group of dietitians and patients. To test the tool’s validity, health literacy (SAHLPA-18) was used as a construct that presents similarities and differences with nutrition literacy (NLit-Br). The correlation of NLit-Br and the SAHLPA-18 was tested (Spearman’s Rho). Internal consistency was measured by Kuder−Richardson Formula 20 (KR-20). The NLit-Br content validity (S-CVI = 0.85) and internal consistency (KR-20 = 0.868) were confirmed. Additionally, NLit-Br presented a significant and robust correlation with SAHLPA-18 (r = 0.665, p < 0.001). Therefore, the NLit-Br was considered a linguistic, cultural, and valid instrument to measure Brazilian’s nutrition literacy.

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Cross-Cultural ComparisonNutrition AssessmentAdultBrazilChronic DiseaseCross-Sectional StudiesHumanscross-cultural adaptationhealth literacyLatin Americanutritional literacynutrition education

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