Escalas de satisfacción alimentaria-nutricional para representantes y madres cuidadoras de niños atendidos en multihogares de cuidado diario / Scales to measure parents and caretakers satisfaction with the food and nutrition component of Child care Centers
Arch. latinoam. nutr
; 52(2): 137-144, jun. 2002.
Article
in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Two Likert-type scales for measuring parents' and caretakers' level of satisfaction with the food and nutrition services offered at childcare multi-centers in a peri-urban community in Caracas, were developed and validated. An intentional sample of 20 parents and caretakers were interviewed within the naturalistic-constructivist perspective, to capture their perceptions of distinct aspects of the food and nutrition components of the program. Categories emerged from the interviews that served to construct the items for two scales that measure level of satisfaction of parents and caretakers with the food and nutrition aspects of the program. To validate the scales, they were applied to 73 parents and 32 caretakers. Factor and multiple components analysis showed that overall, the scales explained 61 and 69 of the variation in level of satisfaction of parents and caretakers respectively. Confiability measured with Alpha Cronbach coefficient was 0.74 and 0.77 for parents' and caretakers' scales respectively. These results reveal scales that have content validity and good reliability. Besides, the scales detect specific aspects of the food and nutrition service that should be reinforced or modified, to make the Child-care Centers program more effective and efficient. External validation of the scales is recommended, since they provide an instrument capable of capturing useful information for monitoring and evaluating the Child-care Centers program nation-wide, from the perspective of program managers and parents of program users.
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Collection:
International databases
Health context:
Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas
Health problem:
Goal 11: Inequalities and inequities in health
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Child Day Care Centers
/
Consumer Behavior
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Food Services
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Aspects:
Equity and inequality
Limits:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Venezuela
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Arch. latinoam. nutr
Journal subject:
Bioqu¡mica
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EducaÆo Alimentar e Nutricional
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Fenmenos Fisiol¢gicos da NutriÆo
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Microbiologia de Alimentos
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NUTRICAO
Year:
2002
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Venezuela
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad Simón Bolívar/VE