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Journal of Community Health
Published in: Journal of Community Health 6/2016

01-12-2016 | Original Paper

Measuring the Developing Therapeutic Relationship Between Pregnant Women and Community Health Workers Over the Course of the Pregnancy in a Study Intervention

Authors: Maureen Y. Lichtveld, Arti Shankar, Chris Mundorf, Anna Hassan, Stacy Drury

Published in: Journal of Community Health | Issue 6/2016

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Abstract

The Scale to Assess the Therapeutic Relationship in Community Mental Health Care (STAR) is a frequently-administered tool for measuring therapeutic relationships between clinicians and patients. This manuscript tested the STAR’s psychometric properties within a community health worker (CHW)-led intervention study involving pregnant and postpartum women. Women (n = 141) enrolled in the study completed the 12-item participant STAR survey (STAR-P) at two time points over the course of pregnancy and at two time points after delivery. The factor structure of the STAR-P proved to be unstable with this population. However, a revised 9-item STAR-P revealed a two-factor model of positive and negative interactions, and demonstrated strong internal consistency at postpartum time points. The revised STAR-P shows strong psychometric properties, and is suitable for use to evaluate the relationship developed between CHWs and pregnant and postpartum women in an intervention program.
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Metadata
Title
Measuring the Developing Therapeutic Relationship Between Pregnant Women and Community Health Workers Over the Course of the Pregnancy in a Study Intervention
Authors
Maureen Y. Lichtveld
Arti Shankar
Chris Mundorf
Anna Hassan
Stacy Drury
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Community Health / Issue 6/2016
Print ISSN: 0094-5145
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3610
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-016-0198-2

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