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
Main article reference
Williams, K.P., Templin, T.N., & Hines, R.D. (2013). Answering the call: a tool that measures functional breast cancer literacy. J Health Commun, 18(11):1310-25.
Link to articleCorresponding author
Karen Williams
Description
Breast cancer focused HL measure, administered orally to participants
Year Measure first Published: 2013
About This Measure
Scoring categories:
Range:0-30, ↑scores = ↑HBP-HL
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
United States of America
Content validity:
Test the reliability and validity, in a culturally diverse sample of women, of a revised Breast Cancer Literacy Assessment Tool (Breast-CLAT) designed to measure functional understanding of breast cancer in English, Spanish, and Arabic
Reliability notes:
Internal consistency: α=0.73, α=0.81 Black, α=0.61 Latina, and α=0.68 Arab
