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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
Claim Evaluation Tools Database - claimevalu
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function, Conceptual Knowledge
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years, Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 88
Sample size in validation study: 1114
Language of Validated Version: English
Health Activities Literacy Scale of NALS - HALS
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Information seeking: Document, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years, Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Computer-based

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 191
Sample size in validation study: 988
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
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
Hong Kong Oral Health Literacy Assessment Task for Pediatric Dentistry - HKOHLAT-P
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Dental Health
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years, Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 52
Sample size in validation study: 200
Language of Validated Version: Cantonese
Indonesian Version of the 47-Item European Health Literacy Questionnaire - HLS-EU-Q47 (Indonesian)
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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: 1029
Language of Validated Version: Indonesian
Infectious Disease-Specific Health Literacy Scale - IDSHL
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Comprehension, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Infectious Disease
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: 28
Sample size in validation study: 8858
Language of Validated Version: Mandarin
Kazakh Version of the 47-Item European Health Literacy Questionnaire - HLS-EU-Q47 (Kazakh)
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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: 1845
Language of Validated Version: Kazakh
Medical Achievement Reading Test - MART
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Characteristics

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

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 42
Sample size in validation study: 405
Language of Validated Version: English
Numeracy Scale - numeracysc
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Numeracy
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years, Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 10
Sample size in validation study: 463
Language of Validated Version: English
Swiss Health Literacy Survey - HLS-CH
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Application/function, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Health Promotion
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: 73
Sample size in validation study: 1255
Language of Validated Version: English
Taiwanese Version of the 47-Item European Health Literacy Questionnaire - HLS-EU-Q47 (Taiwanese)
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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: 3015
Language of Validated Version: Taiwanese
The Cancer Literacy Score - CLS
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Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Cancer
Validation Sample Population Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years, Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 63
Sample size in validation study: 639
Language of Validated Version: Italian
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