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Are We More Prepared for the Next Pandemic? Or Less?
March 21, 2025
Shira Doron, MD, Chief Infection Control Officer for Tufts Medicine and Hospital Epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about whether the U.S. is more or less prepared for the next pandemic than we were before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Cancer Caused by HPV Is Increasing in Some Women in the U.S.
March 22, 2025
Rebecca Perkins, MD, Obstetrician and Gynecologist and Investigator at the Woman, Mother and Baby Research Institute at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about an increase in HPV-related cancer in some U.S. women.
Oral Health Literacy Adult Questionnaire - MOHL-AQ
Measure not available
Characteristics
Domains:
Comprehension
Specific Context:
Dental Health
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration:
Face-to-face, Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
17
Validation Sample Size:
402
Persian Mental Health Literacy Scale - MHLS -P
Contact author for availability
Characteristics
Domains:
Conceptual Knowledge
Specific Context:
General, Health Literacy, Mental Health
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration:
Computer-based, Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
24
Validation Sample Size:
1026
Three-Factor Structure of the eHealth Literacy Scale Among MRI and CT Outpatients - HLS-EU-Q16 and HLS-EU-Q6
Measure not available
Characteristics
Domains:
Comprehension
Specific Context:
Cancer, General
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration:
Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
47
Validation Sample Size:
Assertiveness, Clarity, Positivity Model - ACP MODEL (Q-COM-LIT)
Measure not available
Characteristics
Domains:
Application/function, Appraisal, Communication: Listener, Communication: Speaker, Comprehension, Conceptual Knowledge, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context:
General
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration:
Computer-based, Face-to-face, Mailed survey, Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
50
Validation Sample Size:
387
Health Literacy Questionnaire Urdu (Australia) version - HLQ-Urdu (Australia)
Contact author for availability
Characteristics
Domains:
Application/function, Communication: Speaker, Comprehension, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context:
General, Health Promotion
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of Administration:
Computer-based, Phone-based
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
44
Validation Sample Size:
202
Age Adapted Survey version of the European Health Literacy Questionnaire for fourth-graders - HLS-Child-Q15
Available online
Characteristics
Domains:
Application/function, Communication: Listener, Comprehension
Specific Context:
General
Validation Sample Age:
Adolescents: 10 to 17 years, Children: 0 to 9 years
Modes of Administration:
Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
15
Validation Sample Size:
907
Digital Healthy Diet Literacy - DDL-4
Contact author for availability
Characteristics
Domains:
Application/function, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation
Specific Context:
Digital health, Nutrition
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration:
Computer-based, Face-to-face, Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
4
Validation Sample Size:
7616
Short form health literacy survey questionnaire - HLS-SF12
Contact author for availability
Characteristics
Domains:
Application/function, Appraisal, Communication: Listener, Communication: Speaker, Comprehension, Conceptual Knowledge, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation
Specific Context:
General
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of Administration:
Computer-based, Face-to-face, Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
11
Validation Sample Size:
10024