Objective: To culturally adapt and evaluate the internal structure (evidence of construct validity and internal consistency) of the CHANT scale in spanish, adapted to tropical Latin America, with health professionals from Costa Rica. Methods: The study was observational and instrumental. The psychometric characteristics of validity (content and construct validity) and reliability of the instrument in Spanish in Costa Rica were analyzed. Data were collected from surveys of 229 health professionals, using snowball sampling stratified by regions of the territory. R-Studio software was used to determine Cronbach's alpha and confirmatory factor analysis. Results: The internal consistency reliability, assessed by Cronbach's alpha, was 0.88. The five-subscale model was validated by confirmatory factor analysis goodness-of-fit tests (n = 229, Comparative fit index = 0.93; Mean square error = 0.06, Standardized mean square residual = 0.06; Normalized parsimony fit index = 0.74). Conclusion: The Spanish language version of the T-CHANT shows evidence of construct validity and satisfactory reliability for measuring health professionals' awareness, motivation, concern, and behaviors at work and at home in relation to climate change and health.
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