Content validity and reliability of the danish version of health care students’ attitudes towards addressing sexual health: a psychometric study

Background and Purpose: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is essential to optimal health care outcomes. Interventions to improve use of evidence depend on accurate assessments from reliable, valid, and user-friendly tools. This study reports psychometric analyses from a modified version of a widely used EBP questionnaire, the information literacy for nursing practice (ILNP). Methods: After content validity assessments by nurse researchers, a convenience sam ple of 2,439 nurses completed the revised 23-item questionnaire. We examined internal consistency and used factor analyses to assess the factor structure. Results: A modified 4-factor model demonstrated adequate fit to the data. Cronbach’s alpha was .80–.92 for the subscales. Conclusions: The shortened ILNP (renamed Healthcare EBP Assessment Tool or HEAT) demonstrated adequate content validity, construct validity, and reliability.

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Examining Health Care Students’ Attitudes toward E-Professionalism

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education ◽

10.5688/ajpe8010169 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 80 (10) ◽

pp. 169 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jacob P. Gettig ◽

Sandhya Noronha ◽

John Graneto ◽

Lillian Obucina ◽

Kelli J. Christensen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Students ◽

Students Attitudes

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Assessing readiness to work in primary health care: the content validity of a self-check tool for physiotherapists and other health professionals

Journal of Primary Health Care ◽

10.1071/hc13070 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 70 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jenny Stewart ◽

Kate Haswell

Keyword(s):

Professional Development ◽

Health Care ◽

Primary Health Care ◽

New Zealand ◽

Content Validity ◽

Working Party ◽

Initial Step ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Professional Groups ◽

Primary Health

INTRODUCTION: The New Zealand Primary Health Care Strategy has emphasised the importance of well-coordinated service teams in managing complex chronic conditions. There is international evidence that physiotherapists can contribute effectively to the prevention and management of these conditions. However, there are few examples of physiotherapists in New Zealand (NZ) engaging in primary health care (PHC). It has been recognised that professional development is necessary to optimise physiotherapists participation in PHC. AIM: The aim of this study was to both design a self-check tool that physiotherapists could use as an initial step in preparing to work in PHC and to assess the content validity of the tool. METHODS: A literature review informed the development of the self-check tool. The tool was reviewed by members of the Physiotherapy New Zealand PHC working party to establish content validity. RESULTS: The tool was found to have excellent content validity with an overall score of 0.937, exceeding the acceptable index of 0.8. Item validity was excellent or acceptable for all except two items, which were subsequently modified in the final tool. DISCUSSION: This investigation provides initial support for the tools potential use by physiotherapists as a means of determining their readiness to work in PHC. It could have application beyond individual professional development to the wider context of team and organisational development. Additionally, with minor modifications the tool could have broader application to other professional groups. KEYWORDS: Continuing education; New Zealand; physiotherapy; primary health care; validity and reliability

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An assessment of health-care students' attitudes toward patients with or at high risk for HIV: implications for education and cultural competency

AIDS Care ◽

10.1080/09540121.2014.894616 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 26 (10) ◽

pp. 1223-1228 ◽

Cited By ~ 33

Author(s):

Harry Jin ◽

Valerie A. Earnshaw ◽

Jeffrey A. Wickersham ◽

Adeeba Kamarulzaman ◽

Mayur M. Desai ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

High Risk ◽

Cultural Competency ◽

Health Care Students ◽

Students Attitudes

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“No Alcohol Is Recommended, But . . .”: Health Care Students’ Attitudes About Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy

Global Qualitative Nursing Research ◽

10.1177/2333393617707663 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 ◽

pp. 233339361770766 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Kelly D. Coons ◽

Shelley L. Watson ◽

Nicole M. Yantzi ◽

Nancy E. Lightfoot ◽

Sylvie Larocque

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Alcohol Exposure ◽

Care Providers ◽

Potential Health ◽

Health Care Students ◽

Students Attitudes

Canadian findings suggest that health care providers require further training and education to support their work preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). However, the knowledge and training of health care students in relation to FASD remains largely unexplored. The purpose of this study was to understand the attitudes and beliefs of health care students about alcohol use during pregnancy. Twenty-one health care students participated in a scenario-based vignette about alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Although almost all students recognized that no alcohol consumption during pregnancy is the safest recommendation, many students recounted that this advice is not always conveyed during encounters with their pregnant patients. Three primary themes related to students’ attitudes concerning alcohol use during pregnancy were identified. Health care professionals in training need further education about the risks of alcohol consumption during pregnancy and the potential health outcomes associated with prenatal alcohol exposure.

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Construcción y validación de un instrumento para la medida de las actitudes hacia la Expresión Corporal (Construction and validation of an instrument for measuring attitudes towards Body Expression)

Retos ◽

10.47197/retos.v38i38.74334 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 443-451

Author(s):

José Roberto Arias García ◽

Beatriz Fernández Díez ◽

Cristina San Emeterio García

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Construct Validity ◽

Content Validity ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

School Students ◽

Building Process ◽

Students Attitudes ◽

Para Determinar ◽

Body Expression

El interés por el estudio de las actitudes de los estudiantes hacia una materia reside en buscar mejorar la enseñanza. Este trabajo da a conocer un instrumento de medida de las actitudes hacia la Expresión Corporal tras un proceso de elaboración y validación. El resultado es un cuestionario estructurado en cuatro factores y 32 ítems dirigido a los estudiantes de Secundaria. El proceso de creación supuso el análisis de la validez de contenido, validez de constructo y fiabilidad. La validez de contenido se llevó a cabo siguiendo la fórmula de Lawshe para analizar la información aportada por un grupo de expertos. La validez de constructo supuso un análisis factorial de los datos extraídos del estudio piloto llevado a cabo. Para determinar la fiabilidad se tuvo en cuenta el cálculo del estadístico alfa de Cronbach. Terminado el proceso de construcción, el resultado es un instrumento de medición de las actitudes hacia la Expresión Corporal de los alumnos de Educación Secundaria. Abstract. The center of interest of studying students’ attitudes towards a subject lies in its possibility to improve the teaching process. This work reveals an instrument to measure attitudes towards Corporal Expression, after a process of elaboration and validation. As a result, we make a questionnarie aimed at Secondary School students and structured into four factors and 32 items known. The building process of the questionnarie consisted of content validity analysis, construct validity, and reliability. Content validity was carried out following the Lawshe formula to analyze the information provided by the group of experts. Construct validity involved a factorial analysis of the data extracted from a pilot study. In order to check reliability, Cronbach alpha statistical calculation was taken into consideration. At the end of this procedure, we obtain an instrument for measuring attitudes towards Corporal Expression in Secondary School Students as the main result.

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Prosthetic and orthotic students’ attitudes toward addressing sexual health in their future profession

Prosthetics and Orthotics International ◽

10.1177/0309364618775444 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 42 (6) ◽

pp. 612-619 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Kristina Areskoug-Josefsson ◽

Fredrik Thidell ◽

Bo Rolander ◽

Nerrolyn Ramstrand

Keyword(s):

Sexual Health ◽

Content Validity ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Assistive Technologies ◽

Health Questionnaire ◽

Health Issues ◽

Validity Index ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Content Validity Index ◽

Students Attitudes

Background: Prosthetists and orthotists have a responsibility to direct treatment toward enabling their clients to perform desired activities and to facilitate participation of their clients in all areas of life. This may include provision of assistive technologies to help clients meet goals related to participation in sexual activities. To help prosthetic and orthotic students develop competencies in dealing with the sexual health of their future clients, it is necessary to generate knowledge of their own perceived competence and capacity. Objectives: To explore prosthetic and orthotic students’ attitudes and competence toward working with sexual health and to evaluate reliability and validity of the Students’ Attitudes Towards Addressing Sexual Health questionnaire. Study design: Cross-sectional study. Methods: Students enrolled in all three years of an undergraduate prosthetic and orthotic program were requested to complete the Students’ Attitudes Towards Addressing Sexual Health questionnaire ( n = 65). Reliability and validity were evaluated using the content validity index and Cronbach’s alpha. Results: Students felt unprepared to talk about sexual health with future clients and thought that they would be embarrassed if they raised the issue. No differences were identified between students enrolled in each of the three years of the program and few differences were observed between male and female students. The content validity index values were low but improved as the students’ level of education increased. Internal consistency of the questionnaire was acceptable ( α = 0.86). Conclusion: Prosthetic and orthotic students are unprepared to address sexual health issues with their future clients. There is a need to provide students with training related to sexual health issues. Clinical relevance This study indicates the need for additional education of prosthetic and orthotic students in issues related to sexual health and how to address sexual health issues with clients. Results can be used to develop training programs for students and will serve to improve the sexual health of individuals who receive prosthetic and orthotic services.

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