Newswise — Beginning in September, the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) launches a sixth semester of the Journal Club. The Journal Club is weekly webinars featuring authors from the latest issues of Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.

Each one-hour webinar will be broadcast at 12 p.m. ET and available as a recording. SNEB Members attend webinars free as a benefit of membership. Cost to attend as a non-member is $25. Please register to attend at http://www.sneb.org/events/journalclub.html.

September 28: Face validity, content validity, cognitive interviews, sensitivity and construct validity presented by Leslie Cunningham-Sabo, PhD, RD, Colorado State University, referencing the JNEB article “Validation of a Group-administered Pictorial Dietary Recall with 9- to 11-year-old Children”

October 5: Test-retest correlations and construct validity presented by Patricia Markham Risica, DrPH, RD, Brown University, referencing the JNEB article “Assessing Fat-related Dietary Behaviors among Black Women: Reliability and Validity of a New Food Habits Questionnaire”

October 12: Item analysis, structural equation modeling and incorporating behavioral theory presented by Brett A. Wyker, MS, Phoenix Multisport, referencing the JNEB article “Evaluation of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education: Application of Behavioral Theory and Survey”

October 19: Test-retest reliability and internal consistency presented by Suzanne Baxter, PhD, RD, LD, FADA, FAND, University of South Carolina; Albert F. Smith, PhD, MS, Cleveland State University, referencing the JNEB article “Test-Retest Reliability of a Short Form of the Children's Social Desirability Scale for Nutrition and Health-related Research”

October 26: Content validity, cognitive interviews, test-retest reliability and internal consistency presented by Anna Jones, PhD, University of California, Davis, referencing the JNEB article “Reliability and Validity of Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire”

November 2: Construct validity, internal consistency and incorporating behavior theory presented by Julie A. Wright, PhD, University of Massachusetts–Boston, referencing the JNEB article “Validation of 5 Stage-of-Change Measures for Parental Support of Healthy Eating and Activity”

November 9: Construct validity presented by Erikka Loftfield, MPH, Yale School of Public Health, referencing the JNEB article “Construct Validity of a Single-Item, Self-Rated Question of Diet Quality”

November 16: Face, content and criterion validity and inter-rater reliability presented by Rosa K. Hand, MS, RDN, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, referencing the JNEB article “Development and Validation of the Guide for Effective Nutrition Interventions and Education (GENIE): A Tool for Assessing the Quality of Proposed Nutrition Education Programs”

November 23: Exploratory factor analysis, internal consistency and test-retest presented by Jayna M. Dave, PhD, USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, referencing the JNEB article “Parent-reported Social Support for Child's Fruit and Vegetable Intake: Validity of Measures”

Attendees will earn 1 CPE from the Commission on Dietetic Registration for each webinar. Ginger Quick, PhD, RD, James Madison University, will moderate each broadcast. For more information please contact the SNEB office at [email protected] or call 317-328-4627.