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Nutritional Literacy Scale - NLS
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Nutrition
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face, Mailed survey, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 28
Sample size in validation study: 341
Language of Validated Version: English
Oral Health Literacy Instrument - OHLI
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Dental Health
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: 57
Sample size in validation study: 100
Language of Validated Version: English
Oral Health Literacy Instrument - Chilean Version (Spanish) - OHLI-cl
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Dental Health
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: 57
Sample size in validation study: 482
Language of Validated Version: Spanish
Parental Health Literacy Activities Test - PHLAT
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Infant Care
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 20
Sample size in validation study: 182
Language of Validated Version: English
Parenting Plus Skills Index - PPSI
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Appraisal, Comprehension, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: General, Infant Care
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Computer-based

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 13
Sample size in validation study: 1000
Language of Validated Version: English
Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Genetics - REAL-G
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: Genetics
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 64
Sample size in validation study: 203
Language of Validated Version: English
Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Genetics (short form) - REAL-G Short Form
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: Genetics
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 8
Sample size in validation study: 203
Language of Validated Version: English
Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (Short) - REALM-R
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: 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: 8
Sample size in validation study: 157
Language of Validated Version: English
Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine and Dentistry - REALM-D
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: Dental Health
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 84
Sample size in validation study: 200
Language of Validated Version: English
Serbian version of the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults Short Form (STOFHLA) - Serb-STOFHLA
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 36
Sample size in validation study: 120
Language of Validated Version: Serbian
Short Assessment of Health Literacy for Dutch Patients - SAHL-D
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension, Prose: Pronunciation
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: 33
Sample size in validation study: 329
Language of Validated Version: Dutch
Short Assessment of Health Literacy for Spanish-Speaking Adults - SAHLSA-50
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension, Prose: Pronunciation
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: 50
Sample size in validation study: 403
Language of Validated Version: Spanish
Short Assessment of Health Literacy in Portugal - SAHLPA-23
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Communication: Speaker, Numeracy, Prose: 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: 23
Sample size in validation study: 503
Language of Validated Version: Portuguese
Short Test of Functional Health Literacy for Adults - Lebanese Version Arabic - Ar -S-TOHLFA
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
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: 40
Sample size in validation study: 230
Language of Validated Version: Arabic
Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults - French Version - Fren-STOFHLA
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Numeracy, 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: 40
Sample size in validation study: 137
Language of Validated Version: French
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