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General Health Numeracy Test Short Form - GHNT-6
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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
Greek version of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire 16 - greekversi
info Available for download

Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function, Conceptual Knowledge, Information seeking: Document, Media Literacy
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, Phone-based

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 16
Sample size in validation study: 107
Language of Validated Version: Greek
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
Health Literacy in Dentistry scale - HeLD
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function
Specific Context: Dental Health
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years, Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 29
Sample size in validation study: 209
Language of Validated Version: English
Health Literacy Instrument for Adults - HELIA
info 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 Management Scale (HeLMS) - HeLMS
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function, Information seeking: Document, 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: 29
Sample size in validation study: 683
Language of Validated Version: English
Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) - HLQ
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function, Communication: Speaker, Information seeking: Document, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: General
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: 44
Sample size in validation study: 1039
Language of Validated Version: English
Health Literacy Scale in Korean - HLS-K
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function, Appraisal, Communication: Listener, Communication: Speaker, Comprehension, Information seeking: Document
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: 14
Sample size in validation study: 459
Language of Validated Version: Korean
Health Literacy Screening Tool for Health Promotion in Brazil - healthlite-1
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Conceptual Knowledge, Information seeking: Document, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: General, 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: 8
Sample size in validation study: 472
Language of Validated Version: Portuguese
Health Literacy Skills Instrument- Short Form - HLSI-10
info Available online

Characteristics

Domains assessed: Communication: Listener, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Numeracy
Specific Context: General
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: 10
Sample size in validation study: 889
Language of Validated Version: English
Health Literacy Test for Singapore - HLTS
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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: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 40
Sample size in validation study: 303
Language of Validated Version: English
Heart Failture-Specific Health Literacy Scale - HF-specific HL scale
info Measure not available

Characteristics

Domains assessed: Information seeking: Document
Specific Context: Heart Failure
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 12
Sample size in validation study: 191
Language of Validated Version: Japanese
High Blood Pressure-Health Literacy Scale - HBP-HLS
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function, Information seeking: Document, Numeracy
Specific Context: Blood Pressure
Validation Sample Population Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 30
Sample size in validation study: 440
Language of Validated Version: English
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