Healthcare Professionals' Readiness for Community Kangaroo Mother Care Survey Data

593 healthcare professionals in northern Ethiopia were surveyed to assess readiness for implementing Community-Based Kangaroo Mother Care. The dataset includes results from a 30-item instrument measuring capability, perception, knowledge, and engagement, which demonstrated strong psychometric performance with a Cronbach's α of 0.85. The data was collected by Hagos T. Atalay and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Assessing healthcare professional readiness for community-based neonatal care based on survey subscales.
• Validating psychometric survey instruments for healthcare contexts based on reported content validity and factor analysis.
• Analyzing predictors of healthcare worker knowledge and engagement based on variables like age, work experience, and prior training.
• Identifying gaps in guideline familiarity and workplace support for neonatal care programs based on descriptive statistics.

Strengths

• The survey instrument demonstrated strong psychometric properties, including a Content Validity Index of 0.97 and Cronbach's α of 0.85.
• Data is based on a sample of 593 healthcare professionals, providing a substantial basis for analysis.
• Construct validity was evaluated through factor analysis, confirming four distinct factors: capability, perception, knowledge, and engagement.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope and likely summary-level data.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Cross-sectional survey of 593 healthcare professionals in northern Ethiopia.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-11 17:47:16; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Ethiopia