Functional Health Literacy Test - FHLT
Contact author for availability
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
Available online
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
Available for download
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
Available online
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
Available for download
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
Available for download
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
Brief Health Literacy Screener - Chew Items - Chew Items
Available online
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
Measure not available
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