Validity and reliability of the South African health promoting schools monitoring questionnaire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22945702 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patricia Struthers (University of the Western Cape), Lisa Wegner (0000-0001-9415-119X, University of the Western Cape, corresponding author), Petra De Koker (Ghent University Hospital), Wondwossen Lerebo (0000-0001-5523-5227, Mekelle University), Renette Blignaut (0000-0002-3150-6624, University of the Western Cape), Rénette J Blignaut |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | daw074 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Promotion International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0957-4824 • E-ISSN: 1460-2245 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/heapro/daw074 |
| PMID | 27694227 |
| OpenAlex | W2528910344 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 12 |
Health promoting schools, as conceptualised by the World Health Organisation, have been developed in many countries to facilitate the health-education link. In 1994, the concept of health promoting schools was introduced in South Africa. In the process of becoming a health promoting school, it is important for schools to monitor and evaluate changes and developments taking place. The Health Promoting Schools (HPS) Monitoring Questionnaire was developed to obtain opinions of students about their school as a health promoting school. It comprises 138 questions in seven sections: socio-demographic information; General health promotion programmes; health related Skills and knowledge; Policies; Environment; Community-school links; and support Services. This paper reports on the reliability and face validity of the HPS Monitoring Questionnaire. Seven experts reviewed the questionnaire and agreed that it has satisfactory face validity. A test-retest reliability study was conducted with 83 students in three high schools in Cape Town, South Africa. The kappa-coefficients demonstrate mostly fair (κ-scores between 0.21 and 0.4) to moderate (κ-scores between 0.41 and 0.6) agreement between test-retest General and Environment items; poor (κ-scores up to 0.2) agreement between Skills and Community test-retest items, fair agreement between Policies items, and for most of the questions focussing on Services a fair agreement was found. The study is a first effort at providing a tool that may be used to monitor and evaluate students' opinions about changes in health promoting schools. Although the HPS Monitoring Questionnaire has face validity, the results of the reliability testing were inconclusive. Further research is warranted.
Community health · Face validity · Health education · Health promotion · Medical education · Political science · Promotion (chess) · Psychometrics · Public health · Reliability (semiconductor) · Test (biology) · Validity · Clinical Psychology · Health and Wellbeing Research · Health, psychology, and well-being · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · School Health and Nursing Education
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