Health Literacy Skills Instrument - HLSI
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Characteristics
Domains:
Application/function, Information seeking: Document, Numeracy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context:
Health Promotion
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration:
Computer-based
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
25
Validation Sample Size:
889
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