Response process and test–retest reliability of the Context Assessment for Community Health tool in Vietnam

Bibliographic Data

ID19530264
AuthorsDuong Minh Duc (0000-0002-4415-5229, Uppsala University, corresponding author), Anna Bergström (0000-0002-7981-6314, Uppsala University), Leif Eriksson (0000-0003-2857-4746, Uppsala University), Katarina Ekholm Selling (0000-0001-8036-168X, Uppsala University), Bui Thi Thu Ha (0000-0003-2552-1614, Hanoi School Of Public Health), Lars Wallin (0000-0001-9035-0669, Dalarna University)
Year2016
Volume9
Issue1
Pages31572-31572
Publication date2016-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Health Action (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1654-9716 • E-ISSN: 1654-9880
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3402/gha.v9.31572
PMID27293124
OpenAlexW2411633052
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited41

BACKGROUND: The recently developed Context Assessment for Community Health (COACH) tool aims to measure aspects of the local healthcare context perceived to influence knowledge translation in low- and middle-income countries. The tool measures eight dimensions (organizational resources, community engagement, monitoring services for action, sources of knowledge, commitment to work, work culture, leadership, and informal payment) through 49 items. OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to explore the understanding and stability of the COACH tool among health providers in Vietnam. DESIGNS: To investigate the response process, think-aloud interviews were undertaken with five community health workers, six nurses and midwives, and five physicians. Identified problems were classified according to Conrad and Blair's taxonomy and grouped according to an estimation of the magnitude of the problem's effect on the response data. Further, the stability of the tool was examined using a test-retest survey among 77 respondents. The reliability was analyzed for items (intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and percent agreement) and dimensions (ICC and Bland-Altman plots). RESULTS: In general, the think-aloud interviews revealed that the COACH tool was perceived as clear, well organized, and easy to answer. Most items were understood as intended. However, seven prominent problems in the items were identified and the content of three dimensions was perceived to be of a sensitive nature. In the test-retest survey, two-thirds of the items and seven of eight dimensions were found to have an ICC agreement ranging from moderate to substantial (0.5-0.7), demonstrating that the instrument has an acceptable level of stability. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides evidence that the Vietnamese translation of the COACH tool is generally perceived to be clear and easy to understand and has acceptable stability. There is, however, a need to rephrase and add generic examples to clarify some items and to further review items with low ICC

Biology · Environmental health · Geography · Computer Science · Global Maternal and Child Health · Health Education and Validation · Health Policy Implementation Science · Medicine · Psychology