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Brief Health Literacy Screener (Chew Items) - Chew Items
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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: 3
Validation Sample Size: 332
Health Activities Literacy Scale of NALS - HALS
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Characteristics

Domains: Information seeking: Document, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years, Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Computer-based

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 191
Validation Sample Size: 988
Numeracy Scale - numeracysc
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Characteristics

Domains: Numeracy
Specific Context:
Validation Sample Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years, Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 10
Validation Sample Size: 463
Medical Achievement Reading Test - MART
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Characteristics

Domains: Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years, Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 42
Validation Sample Size: 405
Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults - French Version - Fren-STOFHLA
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Characteristics

Domains: Numeracy, 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: 137
Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults - Italian Version - Ity-STOFHLA
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Characteristics

Domains: Numeracy, 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: 273
Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults - German Version - Ger-STOFH LA
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Characteristics

Domains: Numeracy, 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: 249
Abbreviated version of the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults - S-TOFHLA
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Characteristics

Domains: Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 40
Validation Sample Size: 211
Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (Short) - REALM-R
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Characteristics

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

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 8
Validation Sample Size: 157
Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine Short Form - REALM-SF
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Characteristics

Domains: Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context: Health Promotion
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Face-to-face

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 7
Validation Sample Size: 1500
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