Development and Validation of the Coping Capacity Measurement Scale of Public Health Emergencies in China

Ao Zhang, Hao Yang, Xiang Wu, Xiaowei Luo and Jingqi Gao
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Ao Zhang: School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
Hao Yang: School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
Xiang Wu: School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
Xiaowei Luo: Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
Jingqi Gao: School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 19, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: Public health emergency coping capacity has been an important direction in crisis research in recent years. The use of the public health emergency coping capacity scale to evaluate the public’s response and feelings regarding public health emergencies is one of the essential ways to improve the effectiveness of public health emergency response. Based on literature research, this paper constructed the theoretical dimension of public health emergency coping ability and completed the development of the items of the initial scale in China. After using SPSS 22.0-conducted exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and reliability test, the scale dimensions and items were deleted and optimized. The final public health emergency coping capacity measurement scale in China included 12 items and four dimensions. The results showed that the developed scale has high reliability and validity, which is helpful for the relevant personnel to understand the level of public health emergency coping ability and provides an essential basis for timely and accurate emergency prevention and control interventions.

Keywords: coping ability; public health emergencies; scale development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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