Midwifery self-administered attitude scale.
To be administer in low income countries.
Not specific to homebirth or breastfeeding for example.
I don't know, but I am interested too! So keep me posted if you discover one or end up developing one your self :-)
regards,
Michell
I have 32 years of experience and 80 first author papers. I suggest that you have them rate their attitude from 1 to 10, and then write comments that you read and consider. i think using a scale will give you less information, and be less accurate. Using a scale would be comparable to when , you go to the doctor and you get every kind of care except the doctor looking at you and asking : How are you? Each person is different and will give you a different answer. By asking for comments, you can pick that up. By using a scale, you are mainstreaming all people into having similar reactions just to come up with a number that wont be meaningful.
the book THINKING FAST AND SLOW by Daniel Kahneman, Nobel prize winner, is a great read on behavioural psychology and necessary to complete the task you are planning to undertake
Hello Judy,
I am aware of who you are and have read a number of your articles. Thanks for your insight, I do understand your view and do agree that any scale is restrictive in terms of the depth information you can obtain. I am in this particular research wanting to utilise a tool that can deliver a quantifiable result. Focus group discussions are already being used. I am searching for something like the validated AIDs Attitude Scale, where participants are giving their initial response to a statement. The attitude scale would be administered before and after a specific intervention.
I will however take a look at the book you have recommended. Again many thanks for your views.
Jacqueline
The outcomes of research depend totally on the question that is being asked. Your question:Midwives attitude towards clients, is actually not a question. It is a launching off point for a discussion, that might lead to a research question.
Real PhD work and beyond sometimes spend years making a research question. I think that should be the focus of your time for a while. what are you interested in quantifying? Is it quantifiable?
judy