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Age Adapted Survey version of the European Health Literacy Questionnaire for fourth-graders - HLS-Child-Q15
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function, Communication: Listener, Comprehension
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years, Children: 0 to 9 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 15
Sample size in validation study: 907
Language of Validated Version: German
An Instrument for Measuring Health Literacy in Children - QUIGK-K
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function, Appraisal, Comprehension, Conceptual Knowledge
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years, Children: 0 to 9 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 40
Sample size in validation study: 152
Language of Validated Version: German
Brief Health Literacy Screener (Chew Items Spanish) - Chew Items Spanish
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years, Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face, Phone-based

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 3
Sample size in validation study: 296
Language of Validated Version: Spanish
Burmese Version of the 47-Item European Health Literacy Questionnaire - HLS-EU-Q46 (Burmese)
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Communication: Listener, Communication: Speaker
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years, Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 47
Sample size in validation study: 1600
Language of Validated Version: Burmese
Chinese version of short-form Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adolescents - c-sTOFHLAd
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 36
Sample size in validation study: 300
Language of Validated Version: Taiwanese
Chinese version of the eHealth Literacy Scale - C-eHEALS
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Information seeking: Interactive media navigation
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 8
Sample size in validation study: 216
Language of Validated Version: Mandarin
Diabetes Numeracy Test (adolescents) - DNT-14
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function
Specific Context: Diabetes
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 14
Sample size in validation study: 133
Language of Validated Version: English
eHealth Literacy Scale - eHEALS
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Information seeking: Interactive media navigation
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 8
Sample size in validation study: 664
Language of Validated Version: English
Food and Nutrition Literacy - FNLIT
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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
Health Literacy Assessment Scale for Adolescents - HAS-A
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Information seeking: Document
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 15
Sample size in validation study: 0
Language of Validated Version: English
Health Literacy for School-Aged Children - HLSAC
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 10
Sample size in validation study: 3853
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 Measure for Adolescents - HELMA
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function, Comprehension, Numeracy
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 44
Sample size in validation study: 582
Language of Validated Version: English
Health Literacy Measure for High School Students - healthlite
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Information seeking: Document, Numeracy
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 47
Sample size in validation study: 275
Language of Validated Version: English
HLS-Q12 Short Version of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire - HLS-Q12
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Appraisal, Conceptual Knowledge, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation
Specific Context: General, Health Literacy
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, Phone-based

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 12
Sample size in validation study: 900
Language of Validated Version: Norwegian
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