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Background: The Capability Assessment for Diet and Activity (CADA) is a questionnaire that was developed in English and designed to measure the practical barriers and opportunities for diet and physical activity. Objective: This study aimed to translate, culturally adapt, and validate the CADA questionnaire for the Arabic context in a sample of Saudi women employed at a university. Methods: The CADA was translated into Arabic using the forward and backward translation process. The Arabic version was then validated with a sample of 125 female Saudi participants. In order to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Arabic version, Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was assessed, and a principal component analysis was performed. Results: The translated CADA had good psychometric quality. The content validity analysis revealed a representativeness score of 99.3% and a degree of clarity of 98.6%, indicating excellent compatibility. The principal component analysis showed a single-factor structure. Conclusions: The Arabic version of the CADA questionnaire is now available to assess opportunities to achieve a healthy diet and physical activity level as part of health behavior management, which can lead to more effective interventions for improving people’s health in Arabic-speaking countries.
Jwaher Alhaji; Ghareeb Alshuwaier; Nouf Alharbi; Abdulrahman Alaqil; Nora BinSultan; Wadi Alonazi. Translation and Validation of the Arabic Version of the Capability Assessment for Diet and Activity (CADA) Questionnaire in Saudi University Employed Women. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 6246 .
AMA StyleJwaher Alhaji, Ghareeb Alshuwaier, Nouf Alharbi, Abdulrahman Alaqil, Nora BinSultan, Wadi Alonazi. Translation and Validation of the Arabic Version of the Capability Assessment for Diet and Activity (CADA) Questionnaire in Saudi University Employed Women. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (12):6246.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJwaher Alhaji; Ghareeb Alshuwaier; Nouf Alharbi; Abdulrahman Alaqil; Nora BinSultan; Wadi Alonazi. 2021. "Translation and Validation of the Arabic Version of the Capability Assessment for Diet and Activity (CADA) Questionnaire in Saudi University Employed Women." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 12: 6246.
The management of healthcare waste requires a sustained and holistic approach involving a range of parties. This is challenging for governments, especially in developing countries, where waste management systems have limited capacities for addressing the issue. Using Saudi Arabia as a case study, this paper followed a multi-method approach, including policy analysis, observation, semi-structured interviews, and a focus group, to explore the country’s healthcare waste management system. The study estimated that Saudi government hospitals across the country, every year, throw away in landfills paper (27,000 tons), plastic (15,000 tons), food (10,000 tons), glass (8000 tons), and metal (7000 tons). Regrettably, all these tons of materials end up in landfills without any form of recycling. A number of challenges were identified, reflecting mainly the lack of a legal framework, waste training, coordination among stakeholders, and social responsibility. This study generated new knowledge about waste management systems by exploring how their performance is shaped by the processes occurring at the policy, organization, and individual levels.
Nouf Alharbi; Jawaher Alhaji; Malak Qattan. Toward Sustainable Environmental Management of Healthcare Waste: A Holistic Perspective. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5280 .
AMA StyleNouf Alharbi, Jawaher Alhaji, Malak Qattan. Toward Sustainable Environmental Management of Healthcare Waste: A Holistic Perspective. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (9):5280.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNouf Alharbi; Jawaher Alhaji; Malak Qattan. 2021. "Toward Sustainable Environmental Management of Healthcare Waste: A Holistic Perspective." Sustainability 13, no. 9: 5280.
Early debates on the sustainability of food-plating systems in hospitals have concentrated mostly on plate waste food served, but not eaten. This study aims to address the need for more comprehensive studies on sustainable food services systems by expanding the concept of plate waste, to that of tray waste (organic and inorganic materials), through a case study of a hospital in Saudi Arabia. Tray waste arising at the ward level was audited for three weeks, covering 939 meals. It was found that, on average, each patient threw away 0.41, 0.30, 0.12, and 0.02 kg of food, plastic, paper, and metal, respectively, each day. All this equated to 4831 tons of food, 3535 tons of plastic, 1414 tons of paper, and 235 tons of metal each year at hospitals across Saudi Arabia. As all of this waste ends up in landfills, without any form of recycling, this study proposes the need for a more comprehensive, political approach that unites all food system stakeholders around a shared vision of responsible consumption and sustainable development.
Nouf Sahal Alharbi; Malak Yahia Qattan; Jawaher Haji Alhaji. Towards Sustainable Food Services in Hospitals: Expanding the Concept of ‘Plate Waste’ to ‘Tray Waste’. Sustainability 2020, 12, 6872 .
AMA StyleNouf Sahal Alharbi, Malak Yahia Qattan, Jawaher Haji Alhaji. Towards Sustainable Food Services in Hospitals: Expanding the Concept of ‘Plate Waste’ to ‘Tray Waste’. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (17):6872.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNouf Sahal Alharbi; Malak Yahia Qattan; Jawaher Haji Alhaji. 2020. "Towards Sustainable Food Services in Hospitals: Expanding the Concept of ‘Plate Waste’ to ‘Tray Waste’." Sustainability 12, no. 17: 6872.