Food insecurity questionnaire on knowledge, attitudes, and practices for perinatal care professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Perinatal care professionals are presented with regular opportunities to screen for food insecurity risk and provide referrals for their patients. However, their own experience or lack thereof with food insecurity may interfere with the implementation of screening. Thus, we aimed to develop, validate, and pilot a food insecurity knowledge, attitudes, and practices questionnaire (KAP-FI) for perinatal care professionals that can support the implementation of universal screening for food insecurity.

Method

A multi-step process included (a) questionnaire development, (b) content validation, (c) face validation, (d) reliability and readability, and (e) pilot assessment of KAP-FI. The research team developed the questionnaire; five experts in maternal-child health assi

SUBMITTER: Buccini G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12279134 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature