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ArticleReproductive health2021

Development and validation of the reproductive health literacy questionnaire for Chinese unmarried youth.

Xuemei Ma, Yufan Yang, Qian Wei, Hong Jiang, Huijing Shi

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Article in Reproductive health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xuemei Ma *Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, P.O. Box 244, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Yufan Yang *Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, P.O. Box 244, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Qian WeiDepartment of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, P.O. Box 244, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Hong JiangDepartment of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, P.O. Box 244, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Huijing ShiDepartment of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, P.O. Box 244, Shanghai, 200032, China. hjshi@fudan.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2403-550X
Fudan University · CN

Funding

Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau 15GWZK0402Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau GWV-10.1-XK08
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis study aimed to develop and validate the reproductive health literacy questionnaire for Chinese unmarried youth aged 15-24.

methodsWe conducted a validity and reliability study of the questionnaire through a cross-sectional survey and test-retest analysis in four districts in Shanghai between April and June 2017. A total of 1587 participants completed a self-administered questionnaire anonymously on-site and the trained investigators conducted quality check afterwards. Sixty participants among them completed the test-retest assessment with 2 weeks interval. The reliability was determined by internal consistency, spilt-half reliability and test-retest reliability. The construct validity was assessed by confirmatory factor analysis.

resultsThe 58-question reproductive health literacy questionnaire for Chinese unmarried youth demonstrated high internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.919), spilt-half reliability (Guttman splitting coefficient = 0.846) and test-retest reliability (correlation coefficient = 0.720). The confirmatory factor analysis showed that the construct of the questionnaire fitted well with the hypothetical model. The reproductive health literacy scores in unmarried girls aged 15-24 were higher than boys (P < 0.05) and college students who lived in rural areas when they were middle and high school obtained lower score than those living in cities and suburbs (P < 0.01).

conclusionThe reproductive health literacy questionnaire for Chinese unmarried youth demonstrated good reliability and validity, which could potentially be used as an effective evaluation instrument to assess reproductive health literacy among Chinese young people.

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Health LiteracyReproductive HealthAdolescentChinaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMalePsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSingle PersonSurveys and QuestionnairesQuestionnaire developmentReproductive health literacyUnmarried youthValidation

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