Validation of a measure of knowledge about human papillomavirus (HPV) using item response theory and classical test theory

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-40

  Waller, Jo ^a   Ostini, Remo ^b   Marlow, Laura A V ^a   McCaffery, Kirsten ^c   Zimet, Gregory ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HPV knowledge; HPV vaccination; IRT; Scale development

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER PREVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VACCINATION; VALIDATION STUDY; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871969977     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.10.028     Document Type: Article

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