Two promising measures of health education program outcomes and asthmatic children.
Two measures of health education program outcomes were administered to a group of 50 asthmatic children: the Child's Health Locus of Control Scale and the Piers-Harris Children's Self Concept Scale. Interest centered on the reliabilities and discriminant validity of these instruments. Results showed high alpha reliabilities for both scales and a low, positive intercorrelation. Mean health locus of control and self-concept scores for this group were comparable to those of healthy children. These findings may be useful in designing and evaluating health education programs for children with asthma.
D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012649:Self Concept