Ronto Rimante, Ball Lauren, Pendergast Donna, Harris Neil D
School of Medicine & Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Building GO5 Room 3.16, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Queensland 4222, Australia.
Menzies Health Institute Queensland, School of Allied Health sciences, Building G16 Room 2.50, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Queensland 4222, Australia.
J Sch Health. 2016 Nov;86(11):823-831. doi: 10.1111/josh.12440.
Food literacy can encourage adolescents to develop healthy dietary patterns. This study examined home economics teachers' (HET) perspectives of the importance, curriculum, self-efficacy, and food environments regarding food literacy in secondary schools in Australia.
A 20-item cross-sectional survey was completed by 205 HETs. The survey focused on the importance of aspects of food literacy, HETs' self-efficacy, and attitudes toward food literacy and schools' food environments. Data were analyzed descriptively, and associations between participants' demographic characteristics and perceptions were investigated by chi-square analyses.
HETs rated aspects of food literacy including preparing and cooking food, knowing about healthy foods and food safety and hygiene practices as very important. They indicated animal welfare, where food comes from, and plan and manage time for food shopping to be the least important aspects of food literacy. HETs reported that students' involvement in food literacy activities resulted in healthier diets and improved food practices, but the schools' food environments are not comprehensively supportive of food literacy.
HETs report that food literacy is very important for adolescents to learn. The focus is more on microaspects in comparison to macroaspects of food literacy. Schools' food environments are ideally positioned to shape dietary intake of adolescents but their potential is not being realized.
食品素养能够鼓励青少年养成健康的饮食习惯。本研究调查了澳大利亚中学家政教师（HET）对食品素养在重要性、课程设置、自我效能以及食品环境方面的看法。
205名家政教师完成了一项包含20个项目的横断面调查。该调查聚焦于食品素养各方面的重要性、家政教师的自我效能、对食品素养的态度以及学校的食品环境。对数据进行描述性分析，并通过卡方分析研究参与者的人口统计学特征与认知之间的关联。
家政教师将食品素养的各个方面，包括准备和烹饪食物、了解健康食品以及食品安全与卫生习惯，评为非常重要。他们指出动物福利、食物来源以及为食品购物规划和管理时间是食品素养中最不重要的方面。家政教师报告称，学生参与食品素养活动带来了更健康的饮食和更好的饮食习惯，但学校的食品环境并未全面支持食品素养。
家政教师报告称，食品素养对青少年学习非常重要。与食品素养的宏观方面相比，重点更多地放在微观方面。学校的食品环境在塑造青少年的饮食摄入方面具有理想的条件，但尚未发挥其潜力。
