Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Media Literacy, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Information seeking: Document, Application/function
Specific context:
General
Validation sample population age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study:
Paper and pencil
Psychometrics
Number of items:
8
Sample size in validation study:
8349
Language of validated version:
English
Main article reference
Corresponding author
Thomas Abel
Description
An assessment tool for public health and health promotion research. With only eight short questions, this new tool can provide a time- and cost-effective measure to be included in broader health surveys. For more specifically focused HL surveys, the tool may also be considered and linked to an expanded set of more detailed items.
Year Measure first Published: 2014
About This Measure
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
China, Switzerland
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.64
