Family-centered service: developing and validating a self-assessment tool for pediatric service providers.

The Measure of Processes of Care for Service Providers (MPOG-SP) is a 27-item self-assessment questionnaire for pediatric caregivers, designed to measure their reported implementation of family-centered service (FCS). The MPOG-SP was adapted from the well-validated and widely used measure in pediatric rehabilitation, the Measure of Processes of Care. In this article we describe the development, field testing, properties, and utility of this instrument.Four MPOC-SP factors were generated by exploratory factor analysis; each factor addresses a distinct facet of FCS (Cronbach's alpha for these scales is .86, .88, .76, and .84). Validity analyses revealed that MPOC-SP scale scores discriminate between reported caregiving behaviors and ideal levels of FCS implementation, and also reflect cross-discipline differences in professional roles. It is expected that the MPOC-SP will be useful in the program evaluations, research initiatives, and professional development endeavors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]