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HIV-Related Health Literacy Scale

Characteristics

Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Communication: Listener
Specific context: HIV
Validation sample population age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Computer-based

Psychometrics

Number of items: 20
Sample size in validation study: 120
Administration Time (minutes): 13 minutes
Language of validated version: English

Main article reference

Ownby, R., Waldrop-Valverde, D., Hardigan, P., Caballero, J., Jacobs, R., & Acevedo, A. (2013) Development and validation of a brief computer-administered HIV-related Health Literacy Scale (HIV-HL). Aids Behav, 17: 710-718.

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Corresponding author

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Raymond Ownby
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Description

The HIV-HL scale specifically targets health literacy in people treated for HIV.

Year Measure first Published: 2012

About This Measure

Categorical scoring: No
Scoring categories: One point scored for each correct item

About the Validation of this Measure

Country where validated: United States of America
Content validity: Conducted pilot study to seek feedback on initial set of questions
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha): 0.69
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