This research evaluated the importance of select competencies in
the area of human behavior, important to home-based caregivers
employed independently and/or within a service agency in the State
of Alaska. Data were gathered from respondents working in
home-based care (N=76), and from those working in a related field
(N=38). Data were collected on a forty-three (43) item instrument,
using a five-point Likert type scale. The instrument was validated
by a consensus of panelists using the Delphi technique. The
reliability of the instrument was determined to be +0.893, using the
Hoyt-Stunkard method.
Analysis of variance tests were completed for each of the
forty-three (43) competencies and for two work status
characteristics to determine differences between responses of those
working in home-based care and those working in a related field.
Factor analysis, using the R-mode, provided for clustering of
competencies and constituted the major analysis procedure for the
study. The purpose of the study was to provide curriculum planning
direction for postsecondary training in human behavior-related
competencies for home-based caregivers.
The results of the study indicated the presence of five (5)
clusters of content considered basic to training curriculum for all
home-based caregivers. The clusters included: One Family systems
(8 competencies); Two - Nutrition and food management (6
competencies); Three - Human development (13 competencies);
Four Home safety and accessibility (9 competencies); and Five
Organization and interpersonal skills (8 competencies).
Overall competency means ranged from 2.986 to 4.522.
Significance tests showed thirteen (13) rejected hypotheses for the
forty-three (43) competencies. The mean scores for twelve (12) of
those rejected were slightly higher for those working in home-based
care than for those working in a related field.
The results of the study present direction for postsecondary
vocational curriculum development in human behavior-related
competencies important to home-based caregivers. / Graduation date: 1993
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/36491 |
| Date | 22 April 1993 |
| Creators | Gehler, Jan Lamp |
| Contributors | Courtney, E. Wayne |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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