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All Aspects of Health Literacy Scale for Chinese Speakers in the U.S. with Limited English Proficiency - AAHLS Chinese
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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
Assertiveness, Clarity, Positivity Model - ACP MODEL (Q-COM-LIT)
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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
Modes of administration in validation study: Computer-based, Face-to-face, Mailed survey, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 50
Sample size in validation study: 387
Language of Validated Version: Portuguese
Calgary Charter on Health Literacy - Spanish - calgarycha-1
info 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
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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
Digital Healthy Diet Literacy - DDL-4
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation
Specific Context: Digital health, Nutrition
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Computer-based, Face-to-face, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 4
Sample size in validation study: 7616
Language of Validated Version: Vietnamese
eHealth Literacy Questionnaire (eHLQ) - eHLQ
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function, Appraisal, Comprehension, Conceptual Knowledge, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation
Specific Context: Digital health, Health Promotion
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of administration in validation study: Computer-based, Face-to-face, Mailed survey, Paper and pencil, Phone-based

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 35
Sample size in validation study: 475
Language of Validated Version: English
eHealth Literacy Scale - Older Adults - eHEALS
info Available online

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: Computer-based

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 8
Sample size in validation study: 866
Language of Validated Version: English
eHealth Literacy Scale (Dutch version) - eHEALS
info Available for download

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
European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (traditional Chinese version) - HLS-EU-Q
info 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
Fostering Literacy for Good Health Today - FLIGHT
info Available online

Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function, Appraisal, Communication: Speaker, Comprehension, Conceptual Knowledge, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Media Literacy, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: General, Health Literacy, Health Literacy Responsiveness
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of administration in validation study: Computer-based

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 20
Sample size in validation study: 236
Language of Validated Version: English
General Health Numeracy Test - GHNT-21
info Available for download

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
General Health Numeracy Test Short Form - GHNT-6
info Available for download

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: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 6
Sample size in validation study: 205
Language of Validated Version: English
Health Literacy about Vaccination of adults in ITalian - HLVa-IT
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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 Assessment Tool - HLAT-8
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Media Literacy
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: 8349
Language of Validated Version: English
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