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Media Health Literacy Measure

Characteristics

Domains assessed: Communication: Listener
Specific context: General
Validation sample population age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil, Face-to-face, Computer-based

Psychometrics

Number of items: 6
Sample size in validation study: 1316
Language of validated version: English

Main article reference

Levin-Zamir, D., Lemish, D., & Gofin, R. (2011). Media Health Literacy (MHL): development and measurement of the concept among adolescents. Health Education Research, 26(2):323-335.

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Corresponding author

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Diane Levin- Zamir
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Department of Health Education and Promotion, Clalit Health Services, 101 Arlozorov St., Tel Aviv, Israel
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Description

Instrument developed to measure the concept of Media Health Literacy

Year Measure first Published: 2011

About This Measure

Categorical scoring: No
Scoring categories: Dichotomous (0/1)

About the Validation of this Measure

Country where validated: Israel
Content validity: Focus groups were conducted along with participant media diaries to establish media health literacy conceptual model.
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha): 0.74
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