Medición de la calidad de atención: test de conocimientos de planificación familiar para promotoras comunitarias

Abstract

In order to counsel clients, provide methods, and make clinical references INPPARES' community promoters of contraceptives must know family planning technology. This article describes the construction of the Family Planning Knowledge Test for Promotors through a process which assured the test content validity, intemal consistency of scores, and parallel-test reliability. The test is presented in two equivalent versions, A and B, with 80 multiplechoice items esch. It generales separate scores for four thematic areas: Oral Contraceptives, Barrier Methods, Reproductive System, and Institucional Policy/Intrauterine Devices; additionally, it produces several composite scores and a total score. The test psychometric properties, research applications, and practical use are discussed.