%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluation of a Scale for Assessing Medical Students¡¯ Attitudes to the Social Dimensions of Health and Preventive Services
%A Meltem Ciceklioglu
%A Zeliha Ocek
%A Safak Taner
%A Meral Turk
%J Turkish Journal of Public Health
%D 2012
%I Turkish Society of Public Health Specialists
%R 10.5421/10.5421/1304.1086
%X Objective: The purpose of this study was an evaluation of the reliability and validity of a scale for medical students¡¯ attitudes towards the social dimensions of health and preventive services.  Method: 255 (72.9%) out of 350 fourth-year and 304 (83.9%) out of 83.9% of 362 sixth-year students in Ege University Medical Faculty participated the study at the beginning of the 2005-2006 academic-year. The reliability and validity of the scale, which was developed by the researchers, were assessed by Cronbach-alpha coefficients  and factor-analysis. Results: Three factors emerged (the importance of preventive services; the importance of the social dimensions of health; responsibilities in  preventive services) from the factor analysis. These factors explained 48.4% of the total variance. Cronbach alpha value was 0.77.  Conclusion: The scale developed and evaluated in this study is a reliable, valid and practicable tool which can be used in the assessment of medical students¡¯ attitudes. Key Words: Undergraduate medical education, attitude of medical students, preventive health services, social dimension of health, validity   rencilerin Sa l   n Sosyal Boyutu ve Koruyucu Hizmetler ile  lgili Tutumlar n  Belirleyen Bir  l e in De erlendirilmesi  zet Ama : Bu  al  man n amac  t p   rencilerinin sa l   n sosyal boyutu ve koruyucu hizmetler ile ilgili tutumlar n  belirlemeye y nelik bir  l e in g¨¹venilirlik ve ge erlili inin belirlenmesidir. Y ntem:  al  maya 2005-2006   renim y l n n ba  nda  d rd¨¹nc¨¹ s n fta olan 350   rencinin 255¡¯i (% 72.9) ve alt nc  s n f olan 362   rencinin 304¡¯¨¹ (% 83.9) kat lm  t r. Ara t r c lar taraf ndan geli tirilmi  olan  l e in g¨¹venilirlik ve ge erlili i Cronbach-alpha de eri ve fakt r analizi arac l    ile de erlendirilmi tir. Bulgular: Fakt r analizi sonucunda ¨¹  tema belirlenmi tir (koruyucu hizmetlerin  nemi, sa l   n sosyal boyutunun  nemi, koruyucu hizmetlerde sorumluluklar). Fakt rler toplam varyans n % 48.4¡¯¨¹n¨¹ a  klam  , Cronbach-alpha de eri 0.77 olarak bulunmu tur. Sonu : Bu  al  mada geli tirilen ve de erlendirilen  l ek t p   rencilerinin tutumlar n n  l ¨¹lmesi amac yla kullan labilecek, g¨¹venilir, ge erli ve pratik bir ara t r. Anahtar Kelimeler: Mezuniyet  ncesi t p e itimi, t p   rencilerinin tutumlar , koruyucu sa l k hizmetleri, sa l   n sosyal boyutu, ge erlilik
%K undergraduate medical education
%K attitude of medical students
%K preventive health services
%K social dimension of health
%K validity
%U http://tjph.org/ojs/index.php/TJPH/article/view/89