@article{ref1,
title="The development of an instrument for evaluating core competencies in violence and injury prevention",
journal="Journal of public health management and practice",
year="2010",
author="Villaveces, Andrés and Stucky, Brian D. and Runyan, Carol S. Wolf and Moore, Karen Strazza and Berlin, Sharon P.",
volume="16",
number="4",
pages="337-344",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To develop and evaluate the characteristics of an instrument for assessing core competencies for injury and violence prevention. METHODS: We developed a preliminary tool and pilot tested it with a small sample. After refining the tool, we recruited 401 participants to respond to the questions and provide information about demographic characteristics, injury activities, education, and current injury- and violence-related work. With the obtained data, we conducted a categorical confirmatory factor analysis to determine domains of knowledge for questions. We then evaluated the properties of the assessment, using item response theory. RESULTS: Results of item evaluation using item response theory provide a 26-item Injury Prevention Assessment scale, which reliably assesses injury prevention knowledge at an entry-level ability. CONCLUSIONS: This initial assessment is useful both for individual practitioners and for institutions as a tool for determining the need for training in injury prevention concepts. Additional tools should be developed to assess higher-proficiency levels of knowledge of injury prevention.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1078-4659",
doi="10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181bede2a",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181bede2a"
}