Use of a focus group-based cognitive interview methodology to validate a cooking behavior survey among African-American adults.

ABSTRACT: Disparities in diet-related diseases persist among African-Americans despite advances in risk factor identification and evidence-based management strategies. Cooking is a dietary behavior linked to improved dietary quality and cardiometabolic health outcomes. However, epidemiologic studies suggest that African-American adults report a lower frequency of cooking at home when compared to other racial groups, despite reporting on average cooking time. To better understand cooking behavior among African-Americans and reported disparities in behavior, we sought to develop a survey instrument using focus group-based cognitive interviews, a pretesting method that provides insights into a survey respondent's interpretation and mental processing of survey questions. A comprised survey instrument wa

SUBMITTER: Farmer N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9760831 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature