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Julie Postma1, Gail Oneal2, Tamara Odom-Maryon2
1Washington State University College of Nursing, Spokane, Washington, USA Jpostma@wsu.edu.
Background And Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to adapt and test the Self-Efficacy in Environmental Risk Reduction instrument in a Spanish-speaking population.
Methods:
Harkness' model of cross-cultural survey design was used to adapt the instrument. We sampled 95 adult, Spanish speakers from a federally qualified health clinic. Exploratory factor analysis with maximum likelihood estimation was used to analyze the factor structure.
Results:
A 1-factor model provided the best fit to the data. The latent construct of the instrument is household environmental health self-efficacy. All items loaded higher than 0.610, indicating each item explains at least 36% variance in the latent construct. Cronbach's alpha indicates the scale has high internal consistency (α = .92).
Conclusions:
Respondents conceptualize self-efficacy in environmental risk reduction as practical solutions to minimize household risks.
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