Screeners, Pretests and Experiment

Appendix D. FOP Experiment and Pretests 1 & 2 Screener

OMB No: 0910-New Expiration Date: XX/XX/2023

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Food and Drug Administration

CFSAN/PRA Comments/HFS-24

5001 Campus Dr.

College Park, MD 20740-3835

RECRUITING GOALS FOR EXPERIMENT

1. 50% of each cell shall be low literacy as determined by the screening questions below.

2. The contractor will ensure that the sample contains 15% of participants from rural areas with a balance of rural participants across each cell.

3. The contractor will ensure that the sample contains distributions to correspond to the U.S. population on demographics with a balance of demographics across each cell.

4. The participant must complete the questionnaire on a computer or tablet, i.e., not on a cell phone.

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SCREENER

1. Do you have access to a computer, laptop, or a tablet that you can use to complete the study, for example, at home or at the public library?

• Yes

• No //not eligible //

2. How old are you?

//Eliminate anyone who’s under 18 years old//

3. Are you: Mark all that apply

☐ Female

☐ Male

☐ Transgender, non-binary, or another gender

4. Are you Hispanic or Latino?

☐ No, not Hispanic or Latino

☐ Yes, Hispanic or Latino

5. What is your race? (Please select one or more)

American Indian or Alaska Native

Asian

Black or African American

Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander

White

6. Thinking about your primary residence, which one of the following would you consider the community setting that you live in to be:

A. Urban

B. Suburban

C. Rural

7. What is the highest grade or level of school you have completed? Please select one answer.

Value	Value Label
1	Less than high school degree
2	High school graduate or GED
3	1-3 years college/some college
4	College graduate - bachelor's degree
5	Postgraduate, master's degree, doctorate, law degree, other professional degree
-99	Refused

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8. This question is fill-in-the-blank. Please select the option that best fits the blanks.

For a healthy diet, we are advised to eat five _____A______ of fruits and vegetables each ______B________.

A

a. pieces [ Assign a NUTRITION SCORE of 0]

b. ounces [ Assign a NUTRITION SCORE of 0]

c. grams [ Assign a NUTRITION SCORE of 0]

d. servings [ Assign a NUTRITION SCORE of 1]

//New Screen//

B

a. day [ Assign a NUTRITION SCORE of 1]

b. morning [ Assign a NUTRITION SCORE of 0]

c. meal [ Assign a NUTRITION SCORE of 0]

d. week [ Assign a NUTRITION SCORE of 0]

And here is another question:

9. The Nutrition Facts label is often found on the back of a food package. It is the table showing the amount of various nutrients in the food. If the Nutrition Facts label shows that one serving of the food contains 25% of the Daily Value (or DV) of Sodium, based on the information, would you consider a serving of this product to have a low, medium, or high amount of Sodium?

Low [ Assign a NUTRITION SCORE of 0]

Medium [ Assign a NUTRITION SCORE of 0]

High [ Assign a NUTRITION SCORE of 1]

Don’t know [ Assign a NUTRITION SCORE of 0]

SUM OF SCORES FROM 12A + 12B + 13 = ______

If SUM = 0 OR 1, assign participant to low nutrition literacy.

If SUM = 2 OR 3, assign participant to high nutrition literacy.

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