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EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2015; 21 (12): 897-905
in English | IMEMR | ID: emr-179312

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Empowering pregnant women improves their health and reduces maternal mortality, but there is a lack of suitable tools to measure women's empowerment in some cultures. This study aimed to design and validate a questionnaire for measuring the dimensions of empowerment among Iranian pregnant women. After a literature review, and face and content validity testing, a 38-item questionnaire was developed and tested on a sample of 161 pregnant women. Factor analysis grouped the items into 3 subscales: educational empowerment [e.g. prenatal training], autonomy [e.g. financial independency and mental ability] and sociopolitical empowerment [e.g. involvement in social and political activities]. Criterion validity testing showed a strong positive correlation of the total scale and subscales scores with the Kameda and the Spritzer empowerment scales. Cronbach alpha was 0.92 for total empowerment. A total of 32 items remained in the Self-Structured Pregnancy Empowerment Questionnaire, which is a valid new tool to measure the dimensions of pregnant women's empowerment


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Humans , Female , Adult , Adolescent , Power, Psychological , Surveys and Questionnaires
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