Health literacy scale for English-speaking children: translation and validation of the HLS-Child-Q15-EN.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To translate and validate the HLS-Child-Q15, a relatively short questionnaire for assessing health literacy in children originally validated in German, into English to make it accessible to a large population of English-speaking children.

Design

We translated the HLS-Child-Q15 into English following established methods, including forward and backward translation, using multiple translators. We incorporated clinician and consumer input into the translation process. We conducted a qualitative pre-test to assess comprehension and a validation to assess psychometric properties and test-retest reliability.

Setting

Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia PATIENTS: We recruited English-speaking children aged 8 to 15 years.

Main outcome measures

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SUBMITTER: Drake-Brockman TFE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12716569 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature