Development and the Validity and Reliability Study of the Birth Health Belief Scale

Objective: This study aims to develop a measurement tool based on the Health Belief Model assess pregnant women’s attitudes and beliefs about mode of delivery.
 Methods: A 65-item draft scale consisting five sub-scales was used for development Birth Scale (BHBS). The administered 336 women. Data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0. Analyses included Kendall’s W test, Cronbach’s alpha, Kaiser Meyer Olkin (KMO) Test, Bartlett’s Exploratory Factor analysis (Principal component analysis).
 Results: Analysis results showed that 5-point Likert consisted 34 items factors. alpha coefficient calculated as 0.974. Item revealed item-total item-remainder correlations significant (p