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Burmese Version of the 47-Item European Health Literacy Questionnaire - HLS-EU-Q46 (Burmese)
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Communication: Listener, Communication: Speaker
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years, Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 47
Sample size in validation study: 1600
Language of Validated Version: Burmese
Calgary Charter on Health Literacy - Spanish - calgarycha-1
Available online
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Application/function, Appraisal, Communication: Listener, Communication: Speaker, Comprehension, Conceptual Knowledge, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 5
Sample size in validation study: 633
Language of Validated Version: Spanish
Calgary Charter on Health Literacy Scale - calgarycha
Available for download
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Application/function, Communication: Listener, Communication: Speaker, Comprehension, Conceptual Knowledge, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 5
Sample size in validation study: 633
Language of Validated Version: English
Developing a measure of communicative and critical health literacy: a pilot study of Japanese office workers - Ishikawa (2008a)
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Communication: Speaker, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 5
Sample size in validation study: 190
Language of Validated Version: Japanese
European Health Literacy Survey - HLS-EU-Q6
Measure not available
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Communication: Listener, Communication: Speaker, Comprehension
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 6
Sample size in validation study: 372
Language of Validated Version: English
Food and Nutrition Literacy - FNLIT
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Application/function, Communication: Listener, Communication: Speaker, Comprehension, Conceptual Knowledge, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: Nutrition
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 46
Sample size in validation study: 400
Language of Validated Version: English
Functional Communicative Critical Health Literacy - German FCCHL
Measure not available
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Communication: Speaker
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 14
Sample size in validation study: 4040
Language of Validated Version: German
Health Literacy Questionnaire Urdu (Australia) version - HLQ-Urdu (Australia)
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Application/function, Communication: Speaker, Comprehension, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: General, Health Promotion
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of administration in validation study: Computer-based, Phone-based
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 44
Sample size in validation study: 202
Language of Validated Version: Urdu
Health Literacy Scale in Korean - HLS-K
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Application/function, Appraisal, Communication: Listener, Communication: Speaker, Comprehension, Information seeking: Document
Specific Context: Diabetes
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 14
Sample size in validation study: 459
Language of Validated Version: Korean
Hypertension Health Literacy Assessment Tool - HHLAT
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Communication: Speaker, Comprehension, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: Blood Pressure
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 11
Sample size in validation study: 195
Language of Validated Version: English
Indonesian Version of the 47-Item European Health Literacy Questionnaire - HLS-EU-Q47 (Indonesian)
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Communication: Listener, Communication: Speaker
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years, Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 47
Sample size in validation study: 1029
Language of Validated Version: Indonesian
Kazakh Version of the 47-Item European Health Literacy Questionnaire - HLS-EU-Q47 (Kazakh)
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Communication: Listener, Communication: Speaker
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years, Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 47
Sample size in validation study: 1845
Language of Validated Version: Kazakh
Measuring functional, communicative, and critical health literacy among diabetic patients - Ishikawa (2008b)
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Application/function, Communication: Speaker, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation
Specific Context: Diabetes
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 16
Sample size in validation study: 138
Language of Validated Version: Japanese
Oral Health Literacy-Adult Questionnaire in Hindi - OHL-AQ-H
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Communication: Listener, Communication: Speaker, Comprehension
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 170
Sample size in validation study: 170
Language of Validated Version: Hindi
Rapid Estimate of Adolescent Literacy in Medicine Short Form - REALM-TeenS
Measure not available
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Communication: Speaker, Numeracy, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 10
Sample size in validation study: 665
Language of Validated Version: English