Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Organizational Health Literacy
Specific context:
Organizational Health Literacy
Modes of administration in validation study
:
Computer-based, Paper and pencil
Cost:
Free
Psychometrics
Number of items:
85
Language of validated version:
English
Main article reference
Corresponding author
Hello Tas!
Description
Assessment tool used to identify where an organization is doing well in terms of improving health literacy, and where further action can be taken.
Year Measure first Published: 2020
Additional Articles:
About This Measure
Scoring categories:
Scoring options for each item include Always, Often, Sometimes, Rarely, Never, and N/A.
About the Validation of this Measure
Additional Notes:
Toolkit has three parts: (1) The Process - quality improvement process to guide self-assessment and developing an action plan. Uses the 6-step organizational framework to guide the process (check in, assess, action plan, implement reflect, review), (2) Self-Assessment - based on the framework for a health literate organisation, divided into 6 parts (leadership and management, consumer involvement, workforce, meeting the needs of diverse communities, access and navigation, communication), (3) The Action Planning/The Tools - provides health literacy facts, example of a self-assessment report, ideas/resources for actions, and an action plan template Link to online version of the tool is provided below (need to create an account to track progress and save results): https://www.hellotas.org.au/assessing-your-organisation
