Contraceptive Self-Efficacy Among Women in Sub-Saharan Africa (CSESSA)-Nigeria
Contraceptive Self-Efficacy Among Women in Sub-Saharan Africa (CSESSA)-Nigeria
Contraceptive Self-Efficacy Among Women in Sub-Saharan Africa (CSESSA)-Nigeria is a 10-item scale of women's belief in her own ability to obtain, discuss and change family planning methods and habits. This measure has 3 sub-scales: husband/partner communication, provider communication and choosing and managing a method. This particular scale was validated in the low modern contraceptive prevalence setting of Nigeria, however there is a similar scale for use in higher prevalence settings such as Kenya here.
High Psychometric Score
ITEMS:
How certain are you that you can...
Husband/partner communication
1. Discuss family size with my husband/partner
2. Discuss if and when I'd like to get pregnant again with my husband/partner
3. Discuss specific family planning methods with my husband/partner
4. Reach an agreement with my husband/partner about use of family planning that take my desires into account
Provider communication
5. Bring up the topic of family planning with a health care provider
6. Ask a provider to clarify something they have told me about family planning if I'm not sure I understand
7. Tell a provider what's important to me in choosing a family planning method
Choosing and managing a method
8. Obtain the method of family planning I want, if I want one
9. Obtain a different method of family planning if the one I want isn't available
10. Stop using family planning and get again if/when I want to
Response Options:
10-point visual analogue scale
Cannot do at all - 0
Highly certain can do - 10
PSYCHOMETRIC SCORE
GEOGRAPHIES TESTED:
POPULATIONS INCLUDED:
Female
AGE RANGE:
Adolescents
Adults
Scoring Procedures:
The 10-item scale score is calculated by summing all item values, creating a total score ranging from 0 to 100. Item scores can also be summed by sub-scale.
PRIMARY CITATION:
Whiting-Collins, L., Grenier, L., Winch, P. J., Tsui, A., & Donohue, P. K. (2020). Measuring contraceptive self-efficacy in sub-Saharan Africa: Development and validation of the CSESSA scale in Kenya and Nigeria. Contraception X, 2, 100041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conx.2020.100041
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Qualitative Research
Existing Literature/Theoretical Framework
Field Expert Input
Cognitive Interviews / Pilot Testing
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Test-retest
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Psychometric Scoring
Total Score: 6.50/8 Points (HIGH)
Citation Frequency
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FULL POINTS
PARTIAL POINTS NOT ASSESSED NOT APPLICABLEFor more details, see Scoring Methodology
