Filter Measures
All Aspects of Health Literacy Scale - AAHLS
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Application/function
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: 146
Language of Validated Version: English
Breast Cancer Literacy Assessment Tool - B-CLAT
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Cancer
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 21
Sample size in validation study: 543
Language of Validated Version: English
Brief Estimate of Health Knowledge and Action—HIV Version - BEHKA-HIV
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: HIV
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: 204
Language of Validated Version: English
Brief Health Literacy Screening Tool - BRIEF
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Information seeking: Document
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: 4
Sample size in validation study: 378
Language of Validated Version: English
Calgary Charter on Health Literacy Scale - calgarycha
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
Cervical Cancer Literacy Assessment Tool - C-CLAT
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Cancer
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 16
Sample size in validation study: 543
Language of Validated Version: English
Chinese Health Literacy Scale for Chronic Care - CHLCC
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Application/function
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: 20
Sample size in validation study: 262
Language of Validated Version: Cantonese
Chinese Health Literacy Scale for Diabetes - CHLSD
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Information seeking: Document, Prose: Comprehension, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: Diabetes
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 34
Sample size in validation study: 137
Language of Validated Version: Cantonese
Developing a measure of communicative and critical health literacy: a pilot study of Japanese office workers - Ishikawa (2008a)
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
Development and Validation of the Rapid Estimate of Adolescent Literacy in Medicine (REALM-Teen) - REALM-Teen
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of Items: 66
Sample size in validation study: 1533
Language of Validated Version: English
Diabetes Numeracy Test - DNT
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Application/function, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
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: 43
Sample size in validation study: 398
Language of Validated Version: English
Diabetes Numeracy Test Short Form - DNT15
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Application/function, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
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: 15
Sample size in validation study: 398
Language of Validated Version: English
eHealth Literacy Scale (Dutch version) - eHEALS
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Information seeking: Interactive media navigation
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: 8
Sample size in validation study: 277
Language of Validated Version: Dutch
Food and Nutrition Literacy - FNLIT
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
General Health Numeracy Test - GHNT-21
Characteristics
Domains assessed: Application/function, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, 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: 21
Sample size in validation study: 205
Language of Validated Version: English