Development of a Tool to Stage Households' Readiness to Change Dietary Behaviours in Kerala, India.

ABSTRACT: Dietary interventions and existing health behaviour theories are centred on individuals; therefore, none of the available tools are applicable to households for changing dietary behaviour. The objective of this pilot study was to develop a practical tool that could be administered by community volunteers to stage households in rural Kerala based on readiness to change dietary behaviour. Such a staging tool, comprising a questionnaire and its algorithm, focusing five dietary components (fruits, vegetables, salt, sugar and oil) and households (rather than individuals), was finalised through three consecutive pilot validation sessions, conducted over a four-month period. Each revised version was tested with a total of 80 households (n = 30, 35 and 15 respectively in the three sessions). The t

SUBMITTER: Daivadanam M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5115657 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature