Ubleni Ettah Emanghe, Edema Enogiomwan Imalele, Godwin Ibitham Ogban, Promise Akugom Owai, Bode Akashie Abraka
Awareness and knowledge of scabies and ringworm among parents of school-age children in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria: Implications for prevention of superficial skin infestations
Annals of African medicine
community health workers japan commissioned work voluntary basis behalf communities promote healthy behaviors valuable resource often provide health information services local residents professionals find difficult engage however instruments exist evaluating perceptual behavioral competencies prevention noncommunicable diseases among voluntary unpaid community health workers developed countries study aimed develop community health workers perceptual behavioral competency scale preventing noncommunicable diseases cocsn assess reliability validity conducted crosssectional study using selfreported questionnaire total 6480 community health workers across 94 local governments japan eligible participate evaluated construct validity cocsn using confirmatory factor analysis assessed internal consistency using cronbachs alpha used european health literacy survey questionnaire community commitment scale assess criterionrelated validity cocsn total received 3140 valid responses confirmatory factor analysis identified eight items two domains perceptions covered sharing pleasure living healthy life behavioral aspects creating healthy resources goodnessoffit index 0991 adjusted goodnessoffit index 0983 comparative fit index 0993 root mean square error approximation 0036 cronbachs alpha 088 cocsn scores correlated european health literacy survey questionnaire scores community commitment scale scores r 0577 p 0001 r 0447 p 0001 cocsn brief easytoadminister instrument reliable valid community health workers study therefore enable assessment identification community health workers whose perceptual behavioral competency could improved training activities longitudinal research needed verify predictive value cocsn apply broader range participants wider range settings