Table 1 Key Constructs
Domains | Constructs | Measures | Instruments |
|---|---|---|---|
Personal Outcomes | Child self-efficacy | •Self-efficacy for fruit consumption •Self-efficacy for vegetable consumption •Proxy efficacy to influence parents to make fruits and vegetables available | |
Caregiver self-efficacy | •Self-efficacy to purchase and consume fruits and vegetables | •Selected questions from Food Attitudes and Behaviors Survey [44] | |
Environmental Outcomes | Exposure to fruit and vegetable prescriptions | •Number of months child has been a patient at fruit and vegetable prescription participating pediatric office •Number of fruit and vegetable prescriptions received | •Medical chart review |
Caregiver dietary patterns | Mean daily servings of: •Total fruits •Total vegetables •Total fruits and vegetables | •National Cancer Institute Fruit & Vegetable Intake “All Day” Screener [45, 46] | |
Caregiver fruit and vegetable access | •Access to fruits and vegetables •Barriers to access •Social support to access | •Food Attitudes and Behaviors Survey [44] •Michigan Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey | |
Food security | •Perceived food security among youth | •Food Security Survey Module for Youth [47] | |
•Household food security and hunger | •US Household Food Security Module: Six-Item Short Form [48] | ||
Behavioral Outcomes | Child fruit and vegetable consumption | Mean daily servings of: •Total fruits •Total whole fruits •Total vegetables •Total fruits and vegetables | •Two non-consecutive dietary recalls [49] •Block Kids Food Screener [50] |
Child dietary patterns | •Nutrient estimates •Number of servings by food groups •Healthy eating index | •Block Kids Food Screener [50] | |
Secondary Outcomes | Child weight status | •Body mass index (BMI) •BMI percentile, BMI z-score | •Measured weight •Measured height |