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Health Literacy Assessment Using Talking Touchscreen Technology - Health LiTT
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Characteristics

Domains: Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of Administration: Computer-based

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 82
Validation Sample Size: 608
Health Literacy Skills Instrument- Short Form - HLSI-10
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Characteristics

Domains: Communication: Listener, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Numeracy
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Computer-based, Face-to-face, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 10
Validation Sample Size: 889
Medical Term Recognition Test - METER
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Characteristics

Domains: Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 40
Validation Sample Size: 148
Functional Health Literacy Test - FHLT
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Characteristics

Domains: Information seeking: Document
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 21
Validation Sample Size: 223
Demographic Assessment for Health Literacy - DAHL
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Characteristics

Domains: Information seeking: Document, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Age: Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of Administration: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items:
Validation Sample Size: 9643
Subjective Numeracy Scale - SNS
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Characteristics

Domains: Numeracy
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 8
Validation Sample Size: 287
Single Item Screener - SILS
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Characteristics

Domains: Application/function, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 1
Validation Sample Size: 999
Newest Vital Sign - English - NVS
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Characteristics

Domains: Comprehension, Information seeking: Document, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Nutrition
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of Administration: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 6
Validation Sample Size: 148
Medical Data Interpretation Test - MDIT
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Characteristics

Domains:
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Mailed survey

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 18
Validation Sample Size: 178
Brief Health Literacy Screening Tool - BRIEF
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Characteristics

Domains: Information seeking: Document
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 4
Validation Sample Size: 378
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