Taiwan Health Literacy Scale - THLS
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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:
66
Validation Sample Size:
681
Short Assessment of Health Literacy for Spanish-Speaking Adults - SAHLSA-50
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Characteristics
Domains:
Prose: Comprehension, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context:
General
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of Administration:
Face-to-face, Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
50
Validation Sample Size:
403
Health Literacy Scale (Korean) - KHLS
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Characteristics
Domains:
Application/function, Information seeking: Document, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context:
General
Validation Sample Age:
Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of Administration:
Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
24
Validation Sample Size:
411
Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument - NLIT
Available online
Characteristics
Domains:
Application/function, Conceptual Knowledge, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context:
Blood Pressure, Cancer, Diabetes, Health Promotion, Nutrition
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration:
Computer-based, Face-to-face, Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
64
Validation Sample Size:
429
Chinese Health Literacy Scale for Diabetes - CHLSD
Available for download
Characteristics
Domains:
Information seeking: Document, Prose: Comprehension, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context:
Diabetes
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration:
Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
34
Validation Sample Size:
137
Chinese Health Literacy Scale for Chronic Care - CHLCC
Available for download
Characteristics
Domains:
Application/function
Specific Context:
General
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration:
Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
20
Validation Sample Size:
262
Food Label Literacy for Applied Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire - FLLANK
Available online
Characteristics
Domains:
Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context:
Nutrition
Validation Sample Age:
Children: 0 to 9 years
Modes of Administration:
Face-to-face, Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
10
Validation Sample Size:
451
High Blood Pressure-Health Literacy Scale - HBP-HLS
Available for download
Characteristics
Domains:
Application/function, Information seeking: Document, Numeracy
Specific Context:
Blood Pressure
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration:
Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
30
Validation Sample Size:
440
Brief Estimate of Health Knowledge and Action—HIV Version - BEHKA-HIV
Available for download
Characteristics
Domains:
Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context:
HIV
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration:
Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
8
Validation Sample Size:
204
Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Vascular Surgery- Short Version - REAL_VSs
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Characteristics
Domains:
Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context:
Surgery
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration:
Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
8
Validation Sample Size:
152