Developing and Testing the Reliability and Validity of the Brief Haze Weather Health Protection Behavior Assessment Scale-Adolescent Version (BHWHPBAS-AV)

Frontiers in Pediatrics

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Qingchun Zhao¹  Chun Yang²  Shanshan Tang¹  Yuejia Zhao¹  Hongzhe Dou¹  Yanhong Chen¹  Yanrong Lu³  Lingwei Tao⁴ 

[1] Outpatient Department, Blood Transfusion Department, Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University;School of Public Health, Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Capital Medical University;United Front Department, Hebei University;School of Public Health, Peking University

关键词: adolescent;    haze;    health protection behavior;    reliability;    validity;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fped.2020.498885

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Objectives: To develop a Brief Haze Weather Health Protection Behavior Assessment Scale-Adolescent Version (BHWHPBAS-AV). Methods: Considering primary prevention, secondary prevention and tertiary prevention as a theoretical basis, researchers developed a Brief Haze Weather Health Protection Behavior Assessment Scale-Adolescent Version -I( BHWHPBAS-AV -I) . After performing 6 reviews by related experts, and after conducting six adolescent tests for BHWHPBAS-AV -I , researchers developed an updated BHWHPBAS-AV-II. Out of the 20 districts in Baoding, two districts were randomly selected; moreover, two middle schools from these two districts were also randomly selected. Considering one class as a unit, researchers subsequently randomly selected 22 classes by using stratified sampling. In the end, 1,025 valid questionnaires were used as part of the study. At which point, researchers investigated the validity and reliability of the scale and obtained the final scale (BHWHPBAS-AV). Results: BHWHPBAS-AV Cronbach's α = 0.878, content validity = 0.948, and factor cumulative contribution rate = 54.058% using exploratory factor analysis. By confirmatory factor analysis, Chi square value (χ 2 ) = 271.791, degrees of freedom (df) = 94, Chi square value/degrees of freedom (χ 2 /df) = 2.891, root-mean-square error of approximation (RMSEA) = 0.051, normed fit index (NFI) = 0.930, incremental fit index (IFI) = 0.953, goodness of fit index (GFI) = 0.955, Tueker-Lewis index (TLI) = 0.940, comparative fit index (CFI) = 0.953. BHWHPBAS-AV was composed of 16 items as well as 3 dimensions. Conclusions: A BHWHPBAS-AV scale that has an acceptable reliability and validity can be applied to assess adolescent haze weather health protection behavior, and can also help school teachers, as well as medical staff working in community health care institutions, to perform targeted behavioral interventions and deliver health education programs to adolescents.

【 授权许可】

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