Construction and validation of a women’s autonomy measurement scale with reference to utilization of maternal health care services in nepal

Journal of the Nepal Medical Association

Volumn 52, Issue 195, 2014, Pages 925-934

  Bhandari, Tulsi Ram ^a,b   Dangal, Ganesh ^c   Sankara Sarma, P ^a,b   Raman Kutty, V ^a,b  

^a POKHARA UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c Kathmandu Model Hospital   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Maternal health care; Scale construction and validation; Women s autonomy measurement

Indexed keywords

CONTENT VALIDITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MATERNAL CARE; NEPAL; PSYCHOMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADULT; FEMALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNAL WELFARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; UTILIZATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEPAL; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 84950294375     PISSN: 00282715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.31729/jnma.2718     Document Type: Article

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