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Competency in Community-Oriented Health Care

Instrument Development

Shu-Pi C. Chen

University of Illinois at Chicago

Naomi E. Ervin

Binghamton University

Yangsoon Kim

University of Illinois at Chicago

Susan C. Vonderheid

University of Illinois at Chicago

To competently deal with changes in the health care system, health professionals for the future must have expanded abilities and new attitudes. Education of health professionals for community-oriented health care (COHC) is being promoted as one approach to achieve this focus. This article reports on the development and testing of the Community-Oriented Health Care Competency Scale, which measures knowledge, attitudes, and intention to practice COHC. Results of testing demonstrate adequate reliability for a new instrument: an alpha coefficient of .95 for the Knowledge subscale, .68 for the Attitude subscale, and .93 for the Intention to Practice subscale. Content validity of the instrument is based on the literature review, focus group sessions, and expert opinion. The instrument may be used to assess competency of health professions students in COHC, but continued testing is needed.

Evaluation & the Health Professions, Vol. 22, No. 3, 358-370 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/01632789922034356
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