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ArticleAdvances in health sciences education : theory and practice2024

Validity evidence and psychometric evaluation of a socially accountable health index for health professions schools.

Cassandra Barber, Cees van der Vleuten, Saad Chahine

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Cassandra BarberSchool of Health Professions Education (SHE), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands. c.barber@maastrichtuniversity.nl.ORCID 0000-0003-3605-8485
Cees van der VleutenSchool of Health Professions Education (SHE), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Saad ChahineFaculty of Education, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0488-773X

Funding

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is an expectation that health professions schools respond to priority societal health needs. This expectation is largely based on the underlying assumption that schools are aware of the priority needs in their communities. This paper demonstrates how open-access, pan-national health data can be used to create a reliable health index to assist schools in identifying societal needs and advance social accountability in health professions education. Using open-access data, a psychometric evaluation was conducted to examine the reliability and validity of the Canadian Health Indicators Framework (CHIF) conceptual model. A non-linear confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) on 67 health indicators, at the health-region level (n = 97) was used to assess the model fit of the hypothesized 10-factor model. Reliability analysis using McDonald's Omega were conducted, followed by Pearson's correlation coefficients. Findings from the non-linear CFA rejected the original conceptual model structure of the CHIF. Exploratory post hoc analyses were conducted using modification indices and parameter constraints to improve model fit. A final 5-factor multidimensional model demonstrated superior fit, reducing the number of indicators from 67 to 32. The 5-factors included: Health Conditions (8-indicators); Health Functions (6-indicators); Deaths (5-indicators); Non-Medical Health Determinants (7-indicators); and Community & Health System Characteristics (6-indicators). All factor loadings were statistically significant (p < 0.001) and demonstrated excellent internal consistency (

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SchoolsSocial ResponsibilityCanadaHealth OccupationsHumansPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesMedical educationPopulation healthPsychometricsQuantitative methodsSocial accountability

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