Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Prose: Pronunciation
Specific context:
Health Promotion
Validation sample population age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study:
Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Number of items:
7
Sample size in validation study:
1500
Administration Time (minutes):
1 minutes
Language of validated version:
English
Main article reference
Arozullah, A.M., Yarnold, P.R., Bennett, C.L., Soltysik, R.C., Wolf, M.S., Ferreira, R.M., Lee, S.Y., Costello, S., Shakir, A., Denwood, C., Bryant, F.B., & Davis, T. (2007). Development and validation of a short-form, rapid estimate of adult literacy in medicine. Med Care, 45(11):1026-33.
Corresponding author
Ahsan Arozullah
Description
Health word recognition and pronunciation
Year Measure first Published: 2007
About This Measure
Scoring categories:
Possible range: 0-7 with 0: ≤ 3rd grade, 1-3: 4th-6th grade, 4-6: 7th-8th grade, and 7: ≥ 9th grade
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
United States of America
