Filter Measures
Parenting Plus Skills Index - PPSI
Available for download
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 Medicine - REALM
Available for download
Characteristics
Domains assessed: 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: 125
Sample size in validation study: 207
Language of Validated Version: English
Shortened version of the Spanish Parental Health Literacy Activities Test - PHLAT-8
Available for download
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
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 8
Sample size in validation study: 176
Language of Validated Version: Spanish
The Role of Numeracy in Understanding the Benefit of Screening Mammography - Schwartz (1997)
Available for download
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Numeracy
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Mailed survey, Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 3
Sample size in validation study: 500
Language of Validated Version: English