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:
16
Sample size in validation study:
543
Administration Time (minutes):
15 minutes
Language of validated version:
English
Main article reference
Williams, K.P., & Templin, T.N. (2013). Bringing the real world to psychometric evaluation of cervical cancer literacy assessments with Black, Latina, and Arab women in real-world settings. J Cancer Educ, 28(4):738-43.
Link to articleCorresponding author
Karen Williams
Description
Cervical cancer focused HL measure
Year Measure first Published: 2013
About This Measure
Scoring categories:
Range:0-16, ↑scores = ↑HBP-HL
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
United States of America
Content validity:
Development and evaluation of a new scale for assessing functional cervical cancer health literacy
Reliability notes:
Internal consistency: α=0.72 TOT, α=0.73 Black, α=0.76 Latina, and α= 0.60 Arab
