TY - JOUR AU - Alumran, Arwa AU - Hou, Xiang-Yu AU - Sun, Jiandong AU - Yousef, Abdullah A. AU - Hurst, Cameron PY - 2014 DA - 2014/01/23 TI - Assessing the construct validity and reliability of the parental perception on antibiotics (PAPA) scales JO - BMC Public Health SP - 73 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - The overuse of antibiotics is becoming an increasing concern. Antibiotic resistance, which increases both the burden of disease, and the cost of health services, is perhaps the most profound impact of antibiotics overuse. Attempts have been made to develop instruments to measure the psychosocial constructs underlying antibiotics use, however, none of these instruments have undergone thorough psychometric validation. This study evaluates the psychometric properties of the Parental Perceptions on Antibiotics (PAPA) scales. The PAPA scales attempt to measure the factors influencing parental use of antibiotics in children. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-73 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-14-73 ID - Alumran2014 ER -