Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Organizational Health Literacy
Specific context:
Organizational Health Literacy
Psychometrics
Number of items:
18
Language of validated version:
Danish
Main article reference
Aaby, A., & Maindal, H. T. (2022). Identifying Health Literacy Responsiveness Improvement Ideas in Danish Health Centers: Initial Testing of the OS! Approach. Health literacy research and practice, 6(3), e232–e238. https://doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20220825-01
Link to articleCorresponding author
Anna Aaby
Description
Tool to self-assess organizational health literacy responsiveness, helping to identify areas for improvement. Part of the OS! Approach.
Year Measure first Published: 2020
Additional Articles:
About This Measure
About the Validation of this Measure
Additional Notes:
Self-evaluation tool based on 18 discussion points, distributed on six domains. Evaluation of practices about what organization is doing well/could improve on in relation to a statement. Performance for each statement scored on a 0 to 4 scale. Developed from the Org-HLR tool, which has 110 items items distributed on 22 subdomains. For the OS! Tool, combined specific Org-HLR items within each subdomain to create less statements about health literacy responsiveness. Discussion framed less rigorously than in Org-HLR to allow for more dynamic, open-ended, and locally focused dialogue. The OS! Approach as a whole consists of reflection about health literacy and its applications, the self-assessment of organizational health literacy responsiveness, identification of improvement ideas, and prioritizing improvement ideas to be implemented. A revised version of the OS! tool is supposed to be released in fall 2025.
