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Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine and Dentistry - REALM-D
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Characteristics

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

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 84
Validation Sample Size: 200
The Short Assessment of Health Literacy for Portuguese-speaking Adults (50 item) - SAHLPA-50
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Characteristics

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

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 50
Validation Sample Size: 226
Graph Literacy Scale - graphliter
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Characteristics

Domains: Application/function, Information seeking: Document, Numeracy
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Computer-based

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 13
Validation Sample Size: 987
The Cancer Literacy Score - CLS
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Characteristics

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

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 63
Validation Sample Size: 639
Health Literacy Test for Singapore - HLTS
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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: 303
Health Literacy Scale (Mandarin) - MHLS
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Characteristics

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

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 50
Validation Sample Size: 323
Shortened Version of the Parental Health Literacy Activities Test (Spanish) - PHLAT-8
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Characteristics

Domains: Numeracy, 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: 176
Parental Health Literacy Activities Test (Spanish) - PHLAT Spanish
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Characteristics

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

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 10
Validation Sample Size: 176
Parental Health Literacy Activities Test - PHLAT
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Characteristics

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

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 20
Validation Sample Size: 182
Taiwan Health Literacy Scale Short Form - THLS Short Form
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Characteristics

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

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 15
Validation Sample Size: 839
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