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  • 标题:Development and validation of a new tool to measure Iranian pregnant women’s empowerment
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  • 作者:N.S. Borghei ; A.Taghipour ; R. Latifnejad Roudsari
  • 期刊名称:Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
  • 印刷版ISSN:1020-3397
  • 出版年度:2015
  • 卷号:21
  • 期号:12
  • 出版社:World Health Organization
  • 摘要:Empowering pregnant women improves their health and reduces maternal mortality, but there is a lack of suitable tools to measure women’s empowerment in some cultures. This study aimed to design and validate a questionnaire for measuring the dimensions of empowerment among Iranian pregnant women. After a literature review, and face and content validity testing, a 38-item questionnaire was developed and tested on a sample of 161 pregnant women. Factor analysis grouped the items into 3 subscales educational empowerment (e.g. prenatal training), autonomy (e.g. financial independency and mental ability) and sociopolitical empowerment (e.g. involvement in social and political activities). Criterion validity testing showed a strong positive correlation of the total scale and subscales scores with the Kameda and the Spritzer empowerment scales. Cronbach alpha was 0.92 for total empowerment. A total of 32 items remained in the Self-Structured Pregnancy Empowerment Questionnaire, which is a valid new tool to measure the dimensions of pregnant women’s empowerment.

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