Browsing SPH Scholarly Articles by Keyword "validity"

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    • Assessing local instrument reliability and validity: a field-based example from northern Uganda 

      Betancourt, Theresa Stichick; Bass, Judith; Borisova, Ivelina; Neugebauer, Richard; Speelman, Liesbeth; Onyango, Grace; Bolton, Paul (Springer Science + Business Media, 2009)
      This paper presents an approach for evaluating the reliability and validity of mental health measures in non-Western field settings. We describe this approach using the example of our development of the Acholi Psychosocial ...

    • Validity and Reliability of a Fijian Translation and Adaptation of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire 

      Becker, Anne Edith; Thomas, Jennifer Joanne; Bainivualiku, Asenaca; Richards, Lauren; Navara, Kesaia; Roberts, Andrea L; Gilman, Stephen Edward; Striegel-Moore, Ruth H (John Wiley and Sons, 2010)
      Objective: Assessment of disordered eating has uncertain validity across culturally diverse populations. This study evaluated Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) performance in an ethnic Fijian study population. ...