Abstract
The purpose of this study was to better understand if a health educational presentation using culturally adapted materials was understandable and culturally appropriate, and that the content was retained, in an older Vietnamese American population. This study used cognitive interviewing. A convenient sampling was used to recruit eight participants by staff of a community-based organization from its client base. This is the first study to document that family eating style poses a challenge for estimating food intake among Vietnamese Americans. Participants who ate in a family eating style were not able to recall or estimate the number of servings of protein and vegetables. Some older Vietnamese Americans used food for healing and self-adjusted portion sizes from dietary recommendations. Cognitive interviewing is a useful method to improve comprehension, retention, and cultural appropriateness of health educational materials. Further nutrition research concerning intake measurement in ethnic groups that practice a family eating style is warranted.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 455-469 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Ecology of Food and Nutrition |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 3 2015 |
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Keywords
- Asian
- cognitive interview
- diet
- family eating style
- physical activity
- Vietnamese American
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- Food Science
- Ecology
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Cognitive Interviews of Vietnamese Americans on Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Health Educational Materials. / Nguyen, Bang H.; Nguyen, Chi P.; McPhee, Stephen J.; Stewart, Susan L; Bui-Tong, Ngoc; Nguyen, Tung T.
In: Ecology of Food and Nutrition, Vol. 54, No. 5, 03.09.2015, p. 455-469.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - Bui-Tong, Ngoc
AU - Nguyen, Tung T.
PY - 2015/9/3
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