A High School Level Health and Disease-Focused Biology Curriculum Promotes Higher Level Skills in Nutrition Literacy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the efficacy of a high school biology curriculum focused on promoting nutrition literacy skills.

Design

High school students participated in a six-week biology curriculum focused on the three subdomains of nutrition literacy: functional use of factual knowledge (FNL); interactive skills in seeking out information (INL); critical interpretation and analysis (CNL). We used a mixed-methods, change-over-time model that leverages longitudinal aspects of instructor practice and students' development. Pre- and posttest measures of FNL, INL and CNL were administered. Students were also given a retrospective pre-post online survey to measure interactive nutrition literacy and self-efficacy towards learning about nutrition topics.

Participants

A total of

SUBMITTER: Tammen SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7720909 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature