Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Numeracy, 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:
47
Sample size in validation study:
275
Language of validated version:
English
Main article reference
Wu, A.D., Begoray, D.L., Macdonald, M., Wharf Higgins, J., Frankish, J., Kwan, B., Fung, W., & Rootman, I. (2010, December). Developing and evaluating a relevant and feasible instrument for measuring health literacy of Canadian high school students. Health Promot Int, 25(4):444-52.
Link to articleCorresponding author
Amery Wu
Description
HL measure that assesses how well high school students understand and evaluate health information
Year Measure first Published: 2010
About This Measure
Scoring categories:
Range: 0-107, with 30 ‘understand’ items at 2 points/each and 17 ‘evaluate’ items, ranging from 1-4 points/each
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
Canada
Content validity:
Health-related ‘passages’ were located on the Internet or in health centers and were obtained from health education and media materials (e.g. pamphlets and letters to the editor). All passages were in English and covered a range of topics including nutrition and sexual health. Permission to use copyrighted passages was obtained from the authors/publishers.
