Development and psychometric validation of a novel health literacy scale for family caregivers of preschool children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health literacy among family caregivers has been found to be strongly correlated with health exposures and outcomes for their children. Accurate assessment of their health literacy contributes to improving child health outcomes. Given the limited evidence on health literacy measures for family caregivers, the study aimed to develop and validate a novel Health Literacy Scale for Family Caregivers of Preschool Children (HLSFC).

Methods

The HLSFC was developed in 4 phases: 1) using Nutbeam's conceptual framework of health literacy as a guide to clarify the content to be measured; 2) generating an item pool; 3) providing feedback on the initial items; 4) psychometric analyses. A cross-sectional survey of 443 family caregivers of preschoolers was conducted in Northwest

SUBMITTER: Jia Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11872333 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature