TY - JOUR
T1 - Visual methods in the assessment of diet intake in Mexican American women
AU - Keller, Colleen
AU - Fleury, Julie
AU - Rivera, Adriana
PY - 2007/10
Y1 - 2007/10
N2 - Assessment of dietary intake is based largely on self-report or use of biomarkers. However, neither self-report nor biomarkers inform nurses of patterns in dietary intake in the context of gender, culture, and ethnicity. This article describes the relevance of visual methods focusing on the context of dietary intake in Mexican American women, illustrated by a formative study. A qualitative, descriptive, methodological design incorporating photo elicitation was used. The sample consisted of 7 Mexican American women, who took photographs of their food intake, food preparation, and context of food consumption, such as family gatherings, which were then described by the women. Data included participant photographs, the descriptions of why each image was obtained, and stories about the photographs. Visual methods were found to be a relevant and important addition to traditional dietary assessment methods, to enhance gender, cultural, and contextually relevant assessment of dietary intake in Mexican American women.
AB - Assessment of dietary intake is based largely on self-report or use of biomarkers. However, neither self-report nor biomarkers inform nurses of patterns in dietary intake in the context of gender, culture, and ethnicity. This article describes the relevance of visual methods focusing on the context of dietary intake in Mexican American women, illustrated by a formative study. A qualitative, descriptive, methodological design incorporating photo elicitation was used. The sample consisted of 7 Mexican American women, who took photographs of their food intake, food preparation, and context of food consumption, such as family gatherings, which were then described by the women. Data included participant photographs, the descriptions of why each image was obtained, and stories about the photographs. Visual methods were found to be a relevant and important addition to traditional dietary assessment methods, to enhance gender, cultural, and contextually relevant assessment of dietary intake in Mexican American women.
KW - Dietary intake
KW - Mexican American women
KW - Visual methods
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U2 - 10.1177/0193945907304471
DO - 10.1177/0193945907304471
M3 - Article
C2 - 17717106
AN - SCOPUS:34548530761
SN - 0193-9459
VL - 29
SP - 758
EP - 773
JO - Western journal of nursing research
JF - Western journal of nursing research
IS - 6
ER -