Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Publication Title
Journal of Community Health
Publisher
Springer Science+Business
Keywords
Health, Disparities, Race, Scale, Reliability, Validity, Attribution
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to develop an Attribution of Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities (AREHD) scale. A convenience sample of undergraduate college students (n = 423) at four Midwestern universities was recruited to respond to the survey. A pilot test with undergraduate students (n = 23) found the survey had good acceptability and readability level (SMOG = 11th grade). Using exploratory factor analysis we found the two a priori subscales were confirmed: individual responsibility and social determinants. Internal reliabilities of the subscales were: individual responsibility (alpha = 0.87) and social determinants (alpha = 0.90). Test–retest stability reliabilities were: individual responsibility (r = 0.72) and social determinants (r = 0.69). The AREHD subscales are satisfactory for assessing college student’s AREHD.
First Page
1
Last Page
8
Repository Citation
Braun, Robert E. PhD.; Price, James H.; Khubchandani, Jagdish; Payton, Erica; and Bhattacharjee, Prasum, "Development of an Attribution of Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities Scale" (2014). Health and Sport Sciences Faculty Scholarship. 13.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/hsports_fac/13
DOI
10.1007/s10900-014-9833-y
Peer Reviewed
1