Abstract
Objective
To develop and validate the Guide for Effective Nutrition Interventions and Education
(GENIE), a checklist of research-based quality indicators for nutrition education
programs.
Design
A prospective test of criterion validity and inter-rater reliability of a new tool
comparing expert assessments and trained reviewer GENIE scores of the same nutrition
education proposals.
Participants
Ten nutrition education experts; 13 volunteer reviewers.
Variables Measured
GENIE’s face, content, and criterion validity and inter-rater reliability compared
using expert assessments and reviewer objective and subjective scores.
Analysis
Reviewer scores compared using Spearman correlation. Inter-rater reliability tested
using intra-class correlation (ICC), Cronbach alpha, and ANOVA. Criterion validity
tested using independent t test and point bi-serial correlation to compare reviewer with expert scores.
Results
Correlation found between total objective and total subjective scores. Agreement found
between reviewers across proposals and categories considering subjective scores (F = 7.21, P < .001; ICC = 0.76 [confidence interval, 0.53–0.92]) and objective scores (F = 7.88, P < .001; ICC = 0.82 [confidence interval, 0.63–0.94]). Relationship was not significant
(r = .564, P = .06) between expert and reviewer proposal scoring groups (high, medium, and low).
Conclusions and Implications
Results support the validity and reliability of GENIE as a tool for nutrition education
practitioners, researchers, and program funding agencies to accurately assess the
quality of a variety of nutrition program plans.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: April 27, 2015
Accepted:
March 8,
2015
Footnotes
Conflict of Interest Disclosure: The authors’ conflict of interest disclosures can be found online with this article on www.jneb.org.
A reviewer for this project (Karen Chapman-Novakofski) served on the JNEB staff as Editor-in-Chief. Review of this article was handled, exclusively, by an Associate Editor to minimize conflict of interest.
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