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dc.contributor.authorLunde, Gerd Hilde
dc.contributor.authorBlaalid, Laila
dc.contributor.authorGerbild, Helle
dc.contributor.authorAreskoug Josefsson, Kristina
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-10T07:35:24Z
dc.date.available2024-04-10T07:35:24Z
dc.date.created2022-02-24T12:23:14Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationSexual Medicine - Open Access. 2022, 10 (3), .en_US
dc.identifier.issn2050-1161
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3125670
dc.description.abstractBackground: Social educators have an important role in promoting and rehabilitating sexual health as they pro- vide information, discuss, and support sexual health in daily life for persons living with impairments, intellectual disabilities, and complex needs. Aim: The study aimed to assess the psychometrics of the Students Attitudes towards addressing Sexual Health Extended (SA-SH-Ext) questionnaire for social educator students. Methods: A sample of 213 Norwegian social educator students was used to test internal consistency reliability and construct validity with explorative factor analysis. Outcomes: Internal consistency reliability showed a Cronbachs alpha of 0.906 and construct validity measured with explorative factor analysis showed good results with the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy (KMO) being high (0.929) and Bartletts test of sphericity being significant (P = .000). Results: The SA-SH-Ext is reliable and valid for social educator students, however the psychometric assessment revealed that the domains of the SA-SH-Ext should be revised compared to the original SA-SH questionnaire. Clinical implications: Measuring the effectiveness of sexual health education interventions is important and to have a valid and reliable questionnaire to assess future professionals’ attitudes towards addressing sexual health increases the ability to target specific client needs or knowledge gaps, such as addressing sexual health for persons with intellectual disabilities. Strengths and limitations: In comparison with previous studies of the original SA-SH, SA-SH-Ext has high reli- ability and validity. The current study was performed with classical test theory. Performing Rasch analysis may detect other psychometric issues, by improving precision and thereby providing a deeper understanding of both how to optimise a questionnaire and understand the results of a used questionnaire. Despite the response rate of 34%, the results are seen as valid considering the low correlation between response rate and validity and that the sample size was sufficient for the chosen psychometric tests. Conclusion: The SA-SH-Ext is a valuable questionnaire for assessing the level of perceived preparedness among social educator students in addressing sexual health, a field often neglected in health and care.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleAssessment of the Psychometrics of the Students Attitudes towards Addressing Sexual Health Extended (SA-SH-Ext) Questionnaire for Social Educator Studentsen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextoriginal
cristin.qualitycode1
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.esxm.2022.100507
dc.identifier.cristin2005113
dc.source.journalSexual Medicine - Open Accessen_US
dc.source.volume10en_US
dc.source.issue3en_US
dc.source.pagenumber9en_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200en_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Social sciences: 200en_US


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