Confirming the Reliability and Validity of Others' Evaluation Tools Before Adopting for Your Programs.

Objective: To confirm the reliability and validity of a previously validated evaluation instrument in a new context.

Methods: In a cross-sectional study, the processes and results of testing Cooking Matters' (CM) use of the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program's Behavior Checklist as a retrospective pretest/posttest were described. The researchers determined reliability, face and content validity, and response-shift bias with 95 CM participants.