Abstract
Objectives: Describe the instrument development process and report the validity and reliability of the Children's Health Risk Behavior Scale (CHRBS), a scale designed to screen for health risk behaviors among youth aged 10-13 Years. Methods: Domain identification and item generation using the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and testing relevance and test-retest reliability among a target audience sample of 77 fifth graders in their classrooms in two separate public school districts. Results: Youth performed their tasks as expert item reviewers effectively. Twenty-one items comprise the CHRBS with a reading level determined to be at the third grade. Conclusions: We have developed a reliable and valid measure to assess late elementary youth's participation in health risk behavior.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 366-372 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Public Health Nursing |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2006 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Child health
- Instrument development
- Risk behavior
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nursing(all)
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health