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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 yielded three factors, which we labeled problem-solving, persistence, and resourcefulness. This three-factor solution had good model fit (standardized root mean square residual = 0.07) and explained 53.4% of the variance. We found evidence of convergent validity, as scores for the total scale were positively correlated with years of experience (r = 0.48; p < .001) and perceived social support (r = 0.39, p < .001). Scores were also higher among those with higher educational attainment in one-way analysis of variance and Bonferroni-corrected post hoc tests [F (2,72) = 9.16, p < .001]. We also found evidence of discriminant validity, as scores for the total scale were not correlated with age (r = - 0.07, p = .55), in agreement with literature showing that general self-efficacy is an age-independent construct. The internal consistency of the adapted scale was within the acceptable range for a pilot study (Cronbach's α = 0.61). This evaluation of a Uganda-adapted General Self-Efficacy Scale demonstrated promising psychometric properties; however, larger studies with repeated measures are warranted to further assess the adapted scale's factor structure, validity, reliability, and stability over time.

SUBMITTER: Hennein R 

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

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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

Hennein Rachel R   Nanziri Leah M LM   Musinguzi Johnson J   Ggita Joseph M JM   Turimumahoro Patricia P   Ochom Emmanuel E   Gupta Amanda J AJ   Halder Anushka A   Katamba Achilles A   White Marney A MA   Pietrzak Robert H RH   Armstrong-Hough Mari M   Davis J Lucian JL  

Global implementation research and applications 20221110 4


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  ...[more]

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