Validation of an Instrument to Evaluate the Prevalence and Consequences of AdolescentPregnancy in the Area of Influence of the Macuma Health Center in the Shuar Indigenous Zone
Journal Title: Más Vita - Year 2021, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
There are several studies on teenage pregnancy, risk factors, consequences of pregnancy, prevalence, but none has a validated document to collect relevant information to address the problem. Objective: Validate a document where data can be collected to show the community the health problems that afflict them, giving experts on the subject, a qualitative instrument with categorized and formulated questions to address the focus groups. MaterialsandMethods: Qualitative, cross-sectional, descriptive, descriptive, field, retrospective, mixed quantitative-qualitative researchon RDACCA data. Demographically, six people were interviewed, two for each focus group. The technique used was the in-depth interview. By creating questions to initiate a normal conversation, three coded categories were organized to avoid manipulation of the information by the participants. The instrument was validated by experts in the field until a score of 100 or within the acceptable range was achieved. The results:The rating given by the experts was 95.83, considering the instrument as ''Very reliable. Conclusion:The validation of the instrument resulted in the instrument being very reliable, which means that the researcher to collect data that are relevant to assess the prevalence can apply it and consequences of adolescent pregnancy in the area of influence of the Macuma health center in the Shuar indigenous zone
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Leonor Soliz Ordoñez
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