Comprehension of 50 Medical Terms - Comprehension-50
Measure not available
Characteristics
Domains:
Prose: Comprehension
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:
125
The Role of Numeracy in Understanding the Benefit of Screening Mammography - Schwartz (1997)
Available for download
Characteristics
Domains:
Numeracy
Specific Context:
General
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration:
Mailed survey, Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
3
Validation Sample Size:
500
Short Assessment of Health Literacy (Spanish) - SAHL-SP
Available online
Characteristics
Domains:
Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Numeracy, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context:
General
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration:
Face-to-face, Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
18
Validation Sample Size:
403
Short Assessment of Health Literacy (Spanish & English) - SAHL-S&E
Available online
Characteristics
Domains:
Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context:
General
Validation Sample Age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of Administration:
Face-to-face, Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
18
Validation Sample Size:
403
Development and Validation of the Rapid Estimate of Adolescent Literacy in Medicine - REALM-Teen
Available for download
Characteristics
Domains:
Prose: Pronunciation
Specific Context:
Health Promotion
Validation Sample Age:
Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of Administration:
Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of Items:
66
Validation Sample Size:
1533
Health Literacy Skills Instrument - HLSI
Measure not available
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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