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ArticleHispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses2026

The Translation and Cultural Adaptation of the Pediatric Eating Assessment Tool in Puerto Rican Spanish: A Comparison between Dyads in Puerto Rico and Mainland United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Ross M Westemeyer, Alicia Iizuka, Gredia Huerta-Montañez, Zaira Y Rosaria Pabon, Britt F Pados, Morgan Hines, Alaina Martens, Hannah Phillips, Emily Zimmerman

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Article in Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ross M WestemeyerDepartment of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5803-8173
Alicia IizukaDepartment of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Gredia Huerta-MontañezDepartment of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Zaira Y Rosaria PabonDepartment of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Britt F PadosInfant Feeding Care, Wellesley Hills, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8016-2370
Morgan HinesDepartment of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Alaina MartensDepartment of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5335-1873
Hannah PhillipsDepartment of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Emily ZimmermanDepartment of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1096-3623

Funding

Examining Feeding and Cardiorespiratory Patterning in Zika-Exposed Infants in Puerto RicoR21HD095321 · NICHD · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI ZIMMERMAN, EMILY · 2018 to 2019
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NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD095321
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Abstract

Currently there are no validated pediatric feeding assessment tools available in Puerto Rican (PR) Spanish. This study aimed to (1) translate and culturally adapt the Pediatric Eating Assessment Tool (PediEAT) for use with PR Spanish speakers, (2) test the internal consistency of the adapted version, and (3) administer the translated and adapted PediEAT to a PR cohort and compare those results with age-matched toddlers in the mainland United States (US). We hypothesized that we would be able to effectively translate PediEAT into PR Spanish with high internal consistency and that infants in the PR cohort would have more parent-reported problematic feeding behaviors compared to the mainland US sample. The translated and culturally adapted PR Spanish PediEAT version was administered to 15 caregiver-toddler dyads in PR and the test demonstrated high internal consistency (α = 0.869). The mainland US cohort reported significantly higher PediEAT ratings of feeding difficulty than the PR cohort in the Selective/Restrictive Eating subscale (p = 0.031). This outcome may be attributed to cultural factors that are different in the PR community compared to the mainland. Future research is needed to explore these differences in more detail with a larger sample size.

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Feeding BehaviorHispanic or LatinoNutrition SurveysSurveys and QuestionnairesChild, PreschoolCOVID-19Cross-Cultural ComparisonFemaleHumansInfantLanguageMalePandemicsPuerto RicoReproducibility of ResultsTranslationschildren's healthcultural adaptationsevaluation researchpediatrics

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PMCPMC12798888

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