The pregnancy-Related Empowerment Scale (PRES) is a valid and reliable measure of women's health-related empowerment during pregnancy for English and Spanish-speaking women in prenatal care.
Developed by:
Carrie S. Klima, Susan C. Vonderheid, Kathleen F. Norr, Chang G. Park (College of Nursing, University of Illinois Chicago)
Measure domains:
Provider connectedness
Skillful decision-making
Peer connectedness
Gaining voice
Skillful decision-making
Peer connectedness
Gaining voice
Items and subscales:
16 items
4 subscales
4 subscales
Cronbach's alpha:
Total Sample: 0.94
English: 0.91
Spanish: 0.93
English: 0.91
Spanish: 0.93
Study population(s):
Women participating in an ongoing study of prenatal care in Illinois
Measure validated?:
Y
Link(s) to Validation Study and/or Measure:
Uses in Other Studies:
Patil, C. L., Klima, C. S., Leshabari, S. C., Steffen, A. D., Pauls, H., McGown, M., & Norr, K. F. (2017). Randomized controlled pilot of a group antenatal care model and the sociodemographic factors associated with pregnancy-related empowerment in sub-Saharan Africa. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 17(Suppl 2). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-017-1493-3
Prata, N., Tavrow, P., & Upadhyay, U. (2017). Women’s empowerment related to pregnancy and childbirth: introduction to special issue. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 17(Suppl 2). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-017-1490-6
Uses in Other Studies Links:
Citation of original article
Get citationKlima, C.S., Vonderheid, S.C., Norr, K.F., Park, C.G. (2015). Nursing and Health 3(5): 120-127, 2015 http://www.hrpub.org DOI: 10.13189/nh.2015.030503