2019 Volume 22 Issue 1 Pages 4-12
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to develop self-assessment scales measuring partnership activities between public health nurses and nursery teachers in their support of parents of children of concern.
Methods: We drew up the draft of scales（31 items）by analyzing the interview data of public health nurses and nursery teachers and sent questionnaires to 248 public health nurses and 881 nursery teachers in nine cities in order to test their reliability and validity.
Results: A total of 940（83.3%）questionnaires were returned, of which 773 were valid. Four items were excluded from the draft of scales through item analysis. Then, the optimal solution of six factors and 25 items was obtained by exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Six factors were as follows: “exchange of information useful to mutual support,”; “opportunities and relationship associated with the type of each job,”; “understanding of the type of each job and social resources and its use,”; “care for the approval of guardians on information sharing and the exchange of support consequences,”; and “refinement of affiliated institutions’ rules on information sharing.” These results satisfied good internal consistency, and construct validity, confirming their reliability and validity.
Discussion: In this research we developed “self-assessment scales of partnership activities between public health nurses and nursery teachers in their support to parents of children of concern” which comprise six factors and 25 items whose reliability and validity were confirmed. This scale is expected to be used for self-assessment partnership activities between public health nurses and nursery teachers.
