Publications by authors named "Masoumeh Akhgar"
Article Synopsis
- The study analyzes women's beliefs about breast cancer and screening, focusing on translating the Champion's Revised Health Belief Model Scale (CRHBMS) into Persian and assessing its validity and reliability.
- Conducted on 334 medical students in Iran, the translation process involved item analysis, Content Validity Ratio (CVR), and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to ensure accurate measurement of various belief factors.
- Findings indicate that the translated scale effectively identifies eight important factors related to breast cancer screening, confirming its utility for assessing women's health beliefs in the Persian-speaking context.