Masoumeh Simbar1,2, Fatemeh Rahmanian2, Soheila Nazarpour3, Ali Ramezankhani4, Narges Eskandari5, Farid Zayeri6. 1. Midwifery and Reproductive Health Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 2. Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 3. Department of Midwifery, Chalous Branch, Islamic Azad University, 17 Shahrivar Street, opposite the mosque of Imam Hussain (AS), Chalous, 4661961367, Iran. soheilanazarpour@iauc.ac.ir. 4. Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 5. Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran. 6. Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Paramedicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Providing gender sensitive reproductive health service is recently emphasized by health organizations. This study aims to develop and assess psychometric properties of a questionnaire to assess gender sensitivity of perinatal care services (GS-PNCS) to be used by managers of perinatal services. METHODS: This study is a mixed sequential (Qualitative-Quantitative) exploratory study. In the qualitative phase, 34 participants were interviewed and the items were generated. To evaluate the validity; face, content and construct validity were assessed. The reliability was assessed by internal consistency and stability calculation. RESULTS: The content validity and reliability were demonstrated by S-CVR = 0.92 and S-CVI = 0.98, Cronbach's α = 0.880 and the ICC = 0.980 to 0.947. Exploratory factor analysis showed 8 factors which explained more than 52.53% of the variance. CONCLUSION: GS-PNCS is a valid and reliable questionnaire, with 49 items to assess gender sensitivity of perinatal care services and helps health care managers and planners to improve the quality of the services.
BACKGROUND: Providing gender sensitive reproductive health service is recently emphasized by health organizations. This study aims to develop and assess psychometric properties of a questionnaire to assess gender sensitivity of perinatal care services (GS-PNCS) to be used by managers of perinatal services. METHODS: This study is a mixed sequential (Qualitative-Quantitative) exploratory study. In the qualitative phase, 34 participants were interviewed and the items were generated. To evaluate the validity; face, content and construct validity were assessed. The reliability was assessed by internal consistency and stability calculation. RESULTS: The content validity and reliability were demonstrated by S-CVR = 0.92 and S-CVI = 0.98, Cronbach's α = 0.880 and the ICC = 0.980 to 0.947. Exploratory factor analysis showed 8 factors which explained more than 52.53% of the variance. CONCLUSION:GS-PNCS is a valid and reliable questionnaire, with 49 items to assess gender sensitivity of perinatal care services and helps health care managers and planners to improve the quality of the services.
Authors: Faten Amer; Sahar Hammoud; David Onchonga; Abdulsalam Alkaiyat; Abdulnaser Nour; Dóra Endrei; Imre Boncz Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2022-06-10 Impact factor: 4.614
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