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KMID : 0606120070130010021
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Korean Journal of Child Health Nursing
2007 Volume.13 No. 1 p.21 ~ p.32
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Development of a Tool to Measure Health Promotion Behavior for Infants & Toddlers
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Kim Shin-Jeong
Yun Jin
Kang Kyung-Ah
Kwon Oh-Jin
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Abstract
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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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KEYWORD
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Health promotion, Behavior, Infants & toddlers
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