Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Prose: Comprehension, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Information seeking: Document, Communication: Speaker
Specific context:
Health Promotion
Validation sample population age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study:
Paper and pencil, Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of items:
5
Sample size in validation study:
190
Language of validated version:
Japanese
Main article reference
Ishikawa, H., Nomura, K., & Sato, M. (2008). Developing a measure of communicative and critical health literacy: a pilot study of Japanese office workers. Health Promot Int, 23(3):269-74.
Corresponding author
Hirono Ishikawa
Description
To assess major components of communicative and critical health literacy in order to consider its applicability to health promotion in the workplace
Year Measure first Published: 2008
About This Measure
Categorical scoring:
Yes
Scoring categories:
Commmunicative and critical HL rated on 5-point Likert scale (1=stongly disagree, 5= strongly disagree)
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
Japan
Content validity:
Content focuses on the 5 health-related behaviors that were identified as important lifestyle behaviors to be improved in the national health promotion initiative, "Health Japan 21".
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.86
