A Novel Method to Evaluate Cooking Skills: Determining the Efficacy of a Peer-to-Peer Nutrition Education Program

摘要

An evaluation was conducted of a peer-to-peer nutrition education program, Reinventing Integrative Cooking Opportunities (RICO), to determine if it is reaching its aims to increase self-efficacy in the areas of knife skills, hygiene practice, and recreating recipes in the kitchen by testing a novel method of assessment utilizing a group-based cooking competition. To determine the skill level and information retained by participants while encouraging participant engagement.