Article
Development, Evaluation, and Validation of Environmental Assessment Tools to Evaluate the College Nutrition Environment
Journal of American College Health
(2010)
Abstract
Objective: To develop, evaluate, and validate 2 nutrition environment assessment tools (surveys), for specific use in combating overweight on college/university campuses.Participants and Methods: Invitations to complete surveys were e-mailed to food service and health center directors at 47 universities, Winter 2008. Overall response rate was 48%. Responses from the 39 individuals who completed tool evaluations at the end of each survey were analyzed. Follow-up interviews and site visits performed through Summer 2008 validated responses. Results: The majority of respondents (64%) indicated tools were effective at assessing their nutrition environments; 78% believed these types of assessment tools to be important to their school. Conclusion: Food service and health center directors support use of nutrition environment assessment tools and found them effective at clarifying existing nutrition programs, policies, and food offerings on their campuses. Conducting assessments using these tools could improve university nutrition environments by identifying areas needing improvement.
Keywords
- environmental assessment tool,
- college,
- nutrition environment
Disciplines
Publication Date
2010
DOI
10.1080/07448481003686026
Publisher Statement
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article whose final and definitive form, the Version of Record, has been published in Journal of American College Health, 2010 in Volume 58, Issue 6. Find the published version of this article at this link.
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Citation Information
Marjorie R. Freedman. "Development, Evaluation, and Validation of Environmental Assessment Tools to Evaluate the College Nutrition Environment" Journal of American College Health Vol. 58 Iss. 6 (2010) p. 565 - 568 ISSN: 0744-8481 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/marjorie_freedman/18/