Re: validity of American outcome measures

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Dear

I would be willing to help - if you have a fairly slack deadline!

Dr A Redsell

Senior Lecturer (Nursing)

CGRDU

General Practice and Primary Health Care

University of Leicester

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validity of American outcome measures

Dear all

I am writing to ask if anyone is willing and able to help me with

examining the content validity of some American outcome measures for

parental self-efficacy? These are the:

The Toddler Care Questionnaire (Gross & Rocissano, 1988; Gross et al,

1994; Gross & Tucker, 1994) measures parents self efficacy in managing

tasks and situations relevant to raising their toddler.

The What being the Parent of a Baby is Like (WPL-R) questionnaire

(Pridham & Chang, 1989) has been developed to measure self-perceptions of

parenthood. This has been modified for use with parents of toddlers.

The Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire (NSSQ) (Norbeck, 1983) measures

the multiple components of social support and allows respondents to list

and rate their own social support network members on functional

properties of support (e.g. emotional & tangible support).

These are currently being used in a positive parenting pilot study in

Fleetwood, but we could really do with some other professional and

expert views about their appropriateness within an British context of

parenting support (as opposed to the American).

For those who are willing to comment on the content of these measures I

will forward these in the post if you could give me your postal

addresses. Any support offered will be much appreciated.

Many thanks and apologies for inconveniences on everyones time

Whittaker

Whittaker

Senior Lecturer

Dept of Nursing

University of Central Lancashire

Preston

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[Guest guest]

Dear

, have copied your request posting onto

PrimaryCareNursingResearchNetwork

This discussion group is for nurses, midwives and health visitors

involved or interested in research in primary health care. It has a UK

focus but it is not exclusive. It is intended to assist network

building through communication on a) current research, relevant

policy & funding issues c)knowledge and skills sharing d) helping

develop collaborations.

Hope that's ok with you - it has about 65 members across the Uk

thanks Vari Drennan

hope its ok

> Dear all

> I am writing to ask if anyone is willing and able to help me with

> examining the content validity of some American outcome measures for

> parental self-efficacy? These are the:

> The Toddler Care Questionnaire (Gross & Rocissano, 1988; Gross et

al,

> 1994; Gross & Tucker, 1994) measures parents self efficacy in

managing

> tasks and situations relevant to raising their toddler.

>

> The What being the Parent of a Baby is Like (WPL-R) questionnaire

> (Pridham & Chang, 1989) has been developed to measure

self-perceptions of

> parenthood. This has been modified for use with parents of

toddlers.

>

> The Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire (NSSQ) (Norbeck, 1983)

measures

> the multiple components of social support and allows respondents to

list

> and rate their own social support network members on functional

> properties of support (e.g. emotional & tangible support).

>

> These are currently being used in a positive parenting pilot study

in

> Fleetwood, but we could really do with some other professional and

> expert views about their appropriateness within an British context

of

> parenting support (as opposed to the American).

>

> For those who are willing to comment on the content of these

measures I

> will forward these in the post if you could give me your postal

> addresses. Any support offered will be much appreciated.

>

> Many thanks and apologies for inconveniences on everyones time

>

> Whittaker

>

> Whittaker

> Senior Lecturer

> Dept of Nursing

> University of Central Lancashire

> Preston

>

> This message was sent by Easymail - http://www.easynet.co.uk/

[Guest guest]

Dear Vari

Yes thats great, thank you. The wider the audience the better really

Whittaker

Quoting v.drennan@...:

> Dear

> , have copied your request posting onto

> PrimaryCareNursingResearchNetwork

> This discussion group is for nurses, midwives and health visitors

> involved or interested in research in primary health care. It has

> a UK

> focus but it is not exclusive. It is intended to assist network

> building through communication on a) current research,

> relevant

> policy & funding issues c)knowledge and skills sharing d) helping

> develop collaborations.

>

> Hope that's ok with you - it has about 65 members across the Uk

>

> thanks Vari Drennan

>

> hope its ok

> > Dear all

> > I am writing to ask if anyone is willing and able to help me

> with

> > examining the content validity of some American outcome measures

> for

> > parental self-efficacy? These are the:

> > The Toddler Care Questionnaire (Gross & Rocissano, 1988; Gross

> et

> al,

> > 1994; Gross & Tucker, 1994) measures parents self efficacy in

> managing

> > tasks and situations relevant to raising their toddler.

> >

> > The What being the Parent of a Baby is Like (WPL-R)

> questionnaire

> > (Pridham & Chang, 1989) has been developed to measure

> self-perceptions of

> > parenthood. This has been modified for use with parents of

> toddlers.

> >

> > The Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire (NSSQ) (Norbeck, 1983)

> measures

> > the multiple components of social support and allows respondents

> to

> list

> > and rate their own social support network members on functional

> > properties of support (e.g. emotional & tangible support).

> >

> > These are currently being used in a positive parenting pilot

> study

> in

> > Fleetwood, but we could really do with some other professional

> and

> > expert views about their appropriateness within an British

> context

> of

> > parenting support (as opposed to the American).

> >

> > For those who are willing to comment on the content of these

> measures I

> > will forward these in the post if you could give me your postal

> > addresses. Any support offered will be much appreciated.

> >

> > Many thanks and apologies for inconveniences on everyones time

> >

> > Whittaker

> >

> > Whittaker

> > Senior Lecturer

> > Dept of Nursing

> > University of Central Lancashire

> > Preston

> >

> > This message was sent by Easymail - http://www.easynet.co.uk/

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

here are a couple of replies posted on the other discussion group

- I'm not sure if they replied to you direct so I'm copying just in

case . June has nt added her address but her email is there .

best wishes Vari

Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:39:37 +0100

From: " , June " <j.clark@...>

Subject: RE: request for input on outc ome measures

Yes please. As you know we in Swansea have been working on health

visiting

outcomes for some time. Have you tried NOC (Nursing Outcomes

Classification)?

June

Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 16:19:59 +0100

From: Sue Carr <sue.carr@...>

Subject: RE: request for input on outc ome measures

Yes please - also interested in conferring on any other outcome

measures

Dr M. Carr

Nursing Research & Development Unit

University Northumbria

Coach Lane

Benton

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE7 7XA

> > > Dear all

> > > I am writing to ask if anyone is willing and able to help me

> > with

> > > examining the content validity of some American outcome measures

> > for

> > > parental self-efficacy? These are the:

> > > The Toddler Care Questionnaire (Gross & Rocissano, 1988; Gross

> > et

> > al,

> > > 1994; Gross & Tucker, 1994) measures parents self efficacy in

> > managing

> > > tasks and situations relevant to raising their toddler.

> > >

> > > The What being the Parent of a Baby is Like (WPL-R)

> > questionnaire

> > > (Pridham & Chang, 1989) has been developed to measure

> > self-perceptions of

> > > parenthood. This has been modified for use with parents of

> > toddlers.

> > >

> > > The Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire (NSSQ) (Norbeck, 1983)

> > measures

> > > the multiple components of social support and allows respondents

> > to

> > list

> > > and rate their own social support network members on functional

> > > properties of support (e.g. emotional & tangible support).

> > >

> > > These are currently being used in a positive parenting pilot

> > study

> > in

> > > Fleetwood, but we could really do with some other professional

> > and

> > > expert views about their appropriateness within an British

> > context

> > of

> > > parenting support (as opposed to the American).

> > >

> > > For those who are willing to comment on the content of these

> > measures I

> > > will forward these in the post if you could give me your postal

> > > addresses. Any support offered will be much appreciated.

> > >

> > > Many thanks and apologies for inconveniences on everyones time

> > >

> > > Whittaker

> > >

> > > Whittaker

> > > Senior Lecturer

> > > Dept of Nursing

> > > University of Central Lancashire

> > > Preston

> > >

> > > This message was sent by Easymail - http://www.easynet.co.uk/

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Many thanks to all those offereing to help and look at these outcome

measures, I shall try to get them in the post today or tomorrow. The

response has been great and illustrates one of the values and benefits of

this discussion group.

Quoting jonwhittaker@...:

> Dear all

> I am writing to ask if anyone is willing and able to help me with

> examining the content validity of some American outcome measures

> for

> parental self-efficacy? These are the:

> The Toddler Care Questionnaire (Gross & Rocissano, 1988; Gross et

> al,

> 1994; Gross & Tucker, 1994) measures parents self efficacy in

> managing

> tasks and situations relevant to raising their toddler.

>

> The What being the Parent of a Baby is Like (WPL-R) questionnaire

> (Pridham & Chang, 1989) has been developed to measure

> self-perceptions of

> parenthood. This has been modified for use with parents of

> toddlers.

>

> The Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire (NSSQ) (Norbeck, 1983)

> measures

> the multiple components of social support and allows respondents

> to list

> and rate their own social support network members on functional

> properties of support (e.g. emotional & tangible support).

>

> These are currently being used in a positive parenting pilot study

> in

> Fleetwood, but we could really do with some other professional and

>

> expert views about their appropriateness within an British context

> of

> parenting support (as opposed to the American).

>

> For those who are willing to comment on the content of these

> measures I

> will forward these in the post if you could give me your postal

> addresses. Any support offered will be much appreciated.

>

> Many thanks and apologies for inconveniences on everyones time

>

> Whittaker

>

> Whittaker

> Senior Lecturer

> Dept of Nursing

> University of Central Lancashire

> Preston

>

> This message was sent by Easymail - http://www.easynet.co.uk/

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dear

we are currently developing a pilot study to develop a self-efficacy

parenting scale for use in the evaluation of parenting programmes in the

UK. I have been in correspondence with Debbie Gross and although her

Toddler Care Questionniare has some very useful pointers I do not think it

is directly transferable to the UK context, neither am I convinced it

measures self-efficacy as many of the items refer to knowing about

something rather than confidence in carrying out with or for a toddler. I

have developed a proposal to validate a UK tool and hoping to know about

funding in September. I would be happy to discuss this further with you

and/or collaborate in some way if this would help - also who else is out

there trying to do the same thing? It would be extrememly valuable to

parenting and health visiting if we could conduct some multi-centre work.

Look forward to hearing from you

Sally

Sally Kendall, Professor of Nursing

Faculty of Health and Human Sciences

University of Hertfordshire

College Lane

Hatfield

Herts. AL10 9AB

Tel: +44 01707 286380

[Guest guest]

Dear Sally

I am very interested in developing some sort of tool for parents of infants,

since there seems to be nothing for this age group and I am ever hopeful that I

may

get some funding tht would require a tool for this. Keep me/us posted!

Toity

On Thu, 21

Jun 2001 09:52:16 +0100 Sally Kendall <s.kendall@...> wrote:

> Dear

>

> we are currently developing a pilot study to develop a self-efficacy

> parenting scale for use in the evaluation of parenting programmes in the

> UK. I have been in correspondence with Debbie Gross and although her

> Toddler Care Questionniare has some very useful pointers I do not think it

> is directly transferable to the UK context, neither am I convinced it

> measures self-efficacy as many of the items refer to knowing about

> something rather than confidence in carrying out with or for a toddler. I

> have developed a proposal to validate a UK tool and hoping to know about

> funding in September. I would be happy to discuss this further with you

> and/or collaborate in some way if this would help - also who else is out

> there trying to do the same thing? It would be extrememly valuable to

> parenting and health visiting if we could conduct some multi-centre work.

>

> Look forward to hearing from you

>

> Sally

>

> Sally Kendall, Professor of Nursing

> Faculty of Health and Human Sciences

> University of Hertfordshire

> College Lane

> Hatfield

> Herts. AL10 9AB

>

> Tel: +44 01707 286380

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks again Vari, that was a great hel.

Quoting v.drennan@...:

> Dear ,

>

> here are a couple of replies posted on the other discussion group

>

> - I'm not sure if they replied to you direct so I'm copying just

> in

> case . June has nt added her address but her email is there

> .

> best wishes Vari

> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:39:37 +0100

> From: " , June " <j.clark@...>

> Subject: RE: request for input on outc ome measures

>

> Yes please. As you know we in Swansea have been working on health

> visiting

> outcomes for some time. Have you tried NOC (Nursing Outcomes

> Classification)?

> June

>

> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 16:19:59 +0100

> From: Sue Carr <sue.carr@...>

> Subject: RE: request for input on outc ome measures

>

>

> Yes please - also interested in conferring on any other outcome

> measures

> Dr M. Carr

> Nursing Research & Development Unit

> University Northumbria

> Coach Lane

> Benton

> Newcastle upon Tyne

> NE7 7XA

>

> > > > Dear all

> > > > I am writing to ask if anyone is willing and able to help me

> > > with

> > > > examining the content validity of some American outcome

> measures

> > > for

> > > > parental self-efficacy? These are the:

> > > > The Toddler Care Questionnaire (Gross & Rocissano, 1988;

> Gross

> > > et

> > > al,

> > > > 1994; Gross & Tucker, 1994) measures parents self efficacy

> in

> > > managing

> > > > tasks and situations relevant to raising their toddler.

> > > >

> > > > The What being the Parent of a Baby is Like (WPL-R)

> > > questionnaire

> > > > (Pridham & Chang, 1989) has been developed to measure

> > > self-perceptions of

> > > > parenthood. This has been modified for use with parents of

> > > toddlers.

> > > >

> > > > The Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire (NSSQ) (Norbeck,

> 1983)

> > > measures

> > > > the multiple components of social support and allows

> respondents

> > > to

> > > list

> > > > and rate their own social support network members on

> functional

> > > > properties of support (e.g. emotional & tangible support).

> > > >

> > > > These are currently being used in a positive parenting pilot

> > > study

> > > in

> > > > Fleetwood, but we could really do with some other

> professional

> > > and

> > > > expert views about their appropriateness within an British

> > > context

> > > of

> > > > parenting support (as opposed to the American).

> > > >

> > > > For those who are willing to comment on the content of these

> > > measures I

> > > > will forward these in the post if you could give me your

> postal

> > > > addresses. Any support offered will be much appreciated.

> > > >

> > > > Many thanks and apologies for inconveniences on everyones

> time

> > > >

> > > > Whittaker

> > > >

> > > > Whittaker

> > > > Senior Lecturer

> > > > Dept of Nursing

> > > > University of Central Lancashire

> > > > Preston

> > > >

> > > > This message was sent by Easymail -

> http://www.easynet.co.uk/

> > >

> > >

> > >