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Modified Mental Health Literacy Scale (Iranian) - MHLS
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Characteristics

Domains: Conceptual Knowledge
Specific Context: Mental Health
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 29
Validation Sample Size: 1222
Short Form Health Literacy Questionnaire for Surveying in Rural Areas - HLS-SF12
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Characteristics

Domains: Application/function, Appraisal, Communication: Listener, Communication: Speaker, Comprehension, Conceptual Knowledge, Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Media Literacy, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: General
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 12
Validation Sample Size: 440
The Heart Failure-Specific Health Literacy Scale (Persian) - HFSHLS
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Characteristics

Domains: Information seeking: Document, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Heart Failure
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration: Face-to-face, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 12
Validation Sample Size: 100
Development of an Instrument Measuring Navigation Health Literacy - HL-NAV-HLS19
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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: 12
Validation Sample Size: 33
The Short Form of the European Health Literacy Questionnaire (Indian) - HLS-IND-HIN-Q16
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Characteristics

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

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 16
Validation Sample Size: 340
Brors Norwegian Version (Norwegian) - eHEALS
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Characteristics

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

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 8
Validation Sample Size: 1695
Covid-19 Vaccination Literacy Scale (Italian) - Covid-19-VLS-It
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Characteristics

Domains: Information seeking: Document, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Health Promotion, Infectious Disease, Vaccination
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of Administration: Computer-based

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 12
Validation Sample Size: 885
Measurement of Health Literacy Among Adolescents Questionnaire - MOHLAA-Q
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Characteristics

Domains: Comprehension
Specific Context:
Validation Sample Age: Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of Administration: Computer-based, Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 29
Validation Sample Size: 625
Cancer Health Literacy Scale - C-HLS
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Characteristics

Domains: Application/function, Comprehension, Information seeking: Document, Prose: Comprehension
Specific Context: Cancer
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of Administration: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 33
Validation Sample Size: 360
Composite Health Literacy Scale and Subjective Numeracy Scale - HLS/SNS
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Characteristics

Domains: Conceptual Knowledge, Numeracy
Specific Context: Diabetes
Validation Sample Age: Adults: 18 to 64 years, Older Adults: 65+ years
Modes of Administration: Paper and pencil

Psychometrics

Number of Items: 22
Validation Sample Size: 102
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