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All Aspects of Health Literacy Scale for Chinese Speakers in the U.S. with Limited English Proficiency - AAHLS Chinese
Available by request
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Application/function, Appraisal, Comprehension, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 23
Sample size in validation study: 405
Language of Validated Version: Mandarin
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
Chinese Medication Literacy Measure - Mandarin - ChMLM
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Comprehension, Conceptual Knowledge
Specific Context: Medication
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of administration in validation study: Computer-based, Face-to-face, Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 17
Sample size in validation study: 602
Language of Validated Version: Mandarin
Chinese Medication Literacy Measure - Taiwanese - ChMLM
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Application/function, Comprehension
Specific Context: Medication
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of administration in validation study: Computer-based, Face-to-face, Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 17
Sample size in validation study: 602
Language of Validated Version: Taiwanese
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
European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (traditional Chinese version) - HLS-EU-Q
Available online
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Application/function, Appraisal, Comprehension, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation
Specific Context: General
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: 47
Sample size in validation study: 475
Language of Validated Version: Taiwanese
Food and Nutrition Literacy - FNLIT
Available for download
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
French version of the Functional, Communicative and Critical Health Literacy scale. - Fren-FCCHL
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Comprehension
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Computer-based
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 14
Sample size in validation study: 2342
Language of Validated Version: French
Health Literacy about Vaccination of adults in ITalian - HLVa-IT
Available for download
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Comprehension, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Health Promotion, Infectious Disease, Vaccination
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 14
Sample size in validation study: 200
Language of Validated Version: Italian
Health Literacy Instrument for Adults - HELIA
Available for download
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Application/function, Appraisal, Comprehension, Information seeking: Document
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: 33
Sample size in validation study: 323
Language of Validated Version: English
Health Literacy Instrument for Adults - HELIA
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Application/function, Appraisal, Comprehension, Conceptual Knowledge
Specific Context: General, Health Promotion
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 47
Sample size in validation study: 323
Language of Validated Version: Persian
Health Literacy Measure for Adolescents - HELMA
Available for download
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Application/function, Comprehension, Numeracy
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 44
Sample size in validation study: 582
Language of Validated Version: English
Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) - Danish - HLQ - Danish
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: 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: 44
Sample size in validation study: 481
Language of Validated Version: Danish
Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) - German - HLQ - German
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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Comprehension, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Phone-based
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 44
Sample size in validation study: 1058
Language of Validated Version: German