Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Prose: Comprehension, Numeracy, Information seeking: Interactive media navigation, Information seeking: Document, Comprehension, Appraisal
Specific context:
Infant Care, General
Validation sample population age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study:
Computer-based
Psychometrics
Number of items:
13
Sample size in validation study:
1000
Administration Time (minutes):
8 minutes
Language of validated version:
English
Main article reference
Ayre, J., Costa, D. S., McCaffery, K. J., Nutbeam, D., & Muscat, D. M. (2020). Validation of an Australian parenting health literacy skills instrument: The Parenting Plus Skills Index. Patient Education and Counseling. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2020.01.012
Corresponding author
Julie Ayre
Description
Online 13-item performance-based health literacy instrument that assess health literacy skills for new parents. All items involve multiple choice/drop down answers (no free text responses). Uses Australian health brochures and stimuli.
Year Measure first Published: 2020
About This Measure
Categorical scoring:
No
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
Australia
Content validity:
A modified Delphi method was employed to assess the content validity of generated items. Health literacy experts were purposively selected by the research team for their expertise in health literacy and/or maternal health. This was evidenced by recent publications, presentations at conferences and membership with the Worldwide Universities Network’s Health Literacy Network (N = 8; 3 Australian and 5 international). Experts were asked to categorize each item according to the skills required (functional, communicative or critical), and ranked the relevance of each item for a health literacy instrument on a 4-point scale (not at all relevant, somewhat relevant, quite relevant, highly relevant) (Appendix A (in Supplementary material)). Experts were also asked to provide feedback and suggestions to improve items. Items were flagged as problematic if there was less than 80 % consensus that the item was considered quite- or highly- relevant to health literacy skills. Items were then revised to address criticisms and improve relevance to study aims.
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.7
