Child Health Nursing Research

Korean Academy of Child Health Nursing (한국아동간호학회)
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Development of a Tool to Measure Health Promotion Behavior for Infants & Toddlers

영유아를 위한 건강증진 행위 측정도구 개발

  • Kim, Shin-Jeong (Department of Nursing, Hallym University) ;
  • Kang, Kyung-Ah (Department of Nursing, Sahmyook University) ;
  • Yun, Jin (Department of Nursing, Sahmyook Graduate School) ;
  • Kwon, Oh-Jin (Department of Statistics, Hallym Graduate School)
  • 김신정 (한림대학교 간호학부) ;
  • 강경아 (삼육대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 윤진 (삼육대학교 대학원) ;
  • 권오진 (한림대학교 대학원 통계학과)
  • Published : 2007.01.31
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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a tool to assess degree of health promotion behavior for infants & toddlers. Method: The research design was a methodological study. The tool was developed in 4 stages: first, preliminary items were developed based on a questionnaire that was given to 20 mothers of infants & toddlers second, a panel of specialists reduced the preliminary items using 3 validity tests; third, final items were selected from the results of a test with a sample of 262 families. Results: The final tool to measure the health promotion behavior consisted of 35 items and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient for internal consistency was .884. Using factor analysis, a 7 factor solution explained 45.6% of the total variance. Conclusion: This tool can be effectively utilized for child health care.

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