Development of the Attitude Scale Towards Rural Health Services: A study with university health students in Türkiye
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Tarih
2025
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James Cook University
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Aim: This study aims to develop a scale to assess the attitude ofuniversity students towards rural health services. Method: The research was conducted with 378 students studyingin university health-related departments in Türkiye. The Attitude Scale Towards Rural Health Services was developed through asystematic process including problem identification, literaturereview, item-writing, gathering of expert opinion, pilot applicationand finalisation. Initially consisting of 35 items, the item pool wasreduced to 21 items after expert review and pilot testing. Exploratory factor analysis was carried out on the data. In addition, composite reliability and average variance extracted values of thescale and its subdimensions were calculated. Results: Exploratory factor analysis identified three factors: positiveattitude, voluntarism and contribution, and concerns and limitations. Reliability analysis showed that the Cronbach’s alphavalues for all subscales were greater than 0.70, indicating highinternal consistency. Conclusion: The study concluded that the Rural Health Services Attitude Scale is a valid and reliable tool for assessing healthstudents’ attitudes towards rural health services.
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Factor analysis, Health students, Reliability and validity, Scale development, Türkiye
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Rural and Remote Health
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Q2
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Q1
Cilt
25
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3
