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| Title |
Measurement of availability and accessibility of food among youth: a systematic review of methodological studies
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| Published in |
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, February 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12966-017-0477-z |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mekdes K. Gebremariam, Cristina Vaqué-Crusellas, Lene F. Andersen, F. Marijn Stok, Marta Stelmach-Mardas, Johannes Brug, Nanna Lien |
| Abstract |
Comprehensive and psychometrically tested measures of availability and accessibility of food are needed in order to explore availability and accessibility as determinants and predictors of dietary behaviors. The main aim of this systematic review was to update the evidence regarding the psychometric properties of measures of food availability and accessibility among youth. A secondary objective was to assess how availability and accessibility were conceptualized in the included studies. A systematic literature search was conducted using Medline, Embase, PsycINFO and Web of Science. Methodological studies published between January 2010 and March 2016 and reporting on at least one psychometric property of a measure of availability and/or accessibility of food among youth were included. Two reviewers independently extracted data and assessed study quality. Existing criteria were used to interpret reliability and validity parameters. A total of 20 studies were included. While 16 studies included measures of food availability, three included measures of both availability and accessibility; one study included a measure of accessibility only. Different conceptualizations of availability and accessibility were used across the studies. The measures aimed at assessing availability and/or accessibility in the home environment (n = 11), the school (n = 4), stores (n = 3), childcare/early care and education services (n = 2) and restaurants (n = 1). Most studies followed systematic steps in the development of the measures. The most common psychometrics tested for these measures were test-retest reliability and criterion validity. The majority of the measures had satisfactory evidence of reliability and/or validity. None of the included studies assessed the responsiveness of the measures. The review identified several measures of food availability or accessibility among youth with satisfactory evidence of reliability and/or validity. Findings indicate a need for more studies including measures of accessibility and addressing its conceptualization. More testing of some of the identified measures in different population groups is also warranted, as is the development of more measures of food availability and accessibility in the broader environment such as the neighborhood food environment. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 13% |
| Finland | 1 | 13% |
| Portugal | 1 | 13% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 3 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 3 | 38% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 38% |
| Members of the public | 2 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 205 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 205 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 38 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 20 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 9% |
| Researcher | 17 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 4% |
| Other | 31 | 15% |
| Unknown | 71 | 35% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 30 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 18 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 17 | 8% |
| Psychology | 10 | 5% |
| Other | 32 | 16% |
| Unknown | 73 | 36% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 February 2017.
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#1,519
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#127,372
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