Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the General Self-Efficacy Scale in Ugandan Community Health Workers.

ABSTRACT: Self-efficacy is central to community health workers' capacity and motivation to deliver evidence-based care; thus, validated measures of self-efficacy are needed to assess the effectiveness of community health worker programs. In this study, we culturally adapted and evaluated the General Self-Efficacy Scale among community health workers in Uganda using multiple methods. We adapted the ten-item General Self-Efficacy Scale through cross-cultural discussions within our multidisciplinary research team, translation from English into Luganda and back-translation into English, and six cognitive interviews with community health workers. We administered the adapted scale in a staged, two-part cross-sectional study, including a total of 147 community health workers. Exploratory factor analysis yi

SUBMITTER: Hennein R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10512428 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature