OBJECTIVE To develop a population-specific instrument to inform hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human papilloma virus (HPV) prevention education and intervention based on data and evidence obtained from the targeted population of Khmer mothers reflecting their socio-cultural and health behaviors. METHODS The principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR) guided the development of a s...

The aim of this paper is to develop a reliable and valid measurement of consumer adoption of broadband in the UK households. The paper validated the survey instrument in order to confirm the reliability of items and construct validity by employing a survey data randomly collected from 358 UK household consumers. Data analysis based on factor analysis and reliability test demonstrated that surve...

THERE IS LIMITED INFORMATION on how communication barriers impact on the health of deaf individuals. The present article describes the development of a standardized interview tool to collect health-related information from deaf adults via face-to-face interviews in American Sign Language (ASL). Questions were selected largely from existing standardized questionnaires. Key steps in standardizing...

This paper provides an overview of the development and implementation of the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES): the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R), the National Survey of American Life (NSAL), and the National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS). It describes the instrument development and testing phases, the development of training and other project mat...

We discuss the development and validation of a conceptual multiple-choice survey instrument called thermodynamic processes first second laws (STPFaSL) suitable for introductory physics courses. The uses common student difficulties with these concepts as resources in that incorrect answers to questions were guided by them. After instrument, final version was administered at six different institu...

The purpose of this paper is to adapt and analyze the validity and reliability of the HR Competencies Scale among HR professionals in the Malaysian context. A questionnaire survey was carried out to acquire data from 154 HR professionals. The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) showed a three-factor structure: Knowledge of Business, HR Functional Expertise and Managing Change. The instrument gene...

This paper reports the exploration of an aspect of knowledge needed for equitable mathematics teaching. Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics to English Language Learners (PCK-MELL) was proposed as a theoretical knowledge construct, a subdomain of MKT, and the construct was investigated through a process of survey instrument development and administration. The survey contained ...

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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument to measure the parenting behavior of primary caregivers of children in early childhood. METHODS An instrument was developed according to Devellis's instrument development process. The participants in this study who completed the main survey were 370 mothers and grandmothers. The survey was conducted from June 1 to July 30, 2014, a...