Development of an easy-to-use Spanish Health Literacy test.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study was intended to develop and validate a health literacy test, termed the Short Assessment of Health Literacy for Spanish-speaking Adults (SAHLSA), for the Spanish-speaking population.

Study design

The design of SAHLSA was based on the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM), known as the most easily administered tool for assessing health literacy in English. In addition to the word recognition test in REALM, SAHLSA incorporates a comprehension test using multiple-choice questions designed by an expert panel.

Data collection

Validation of SAHLSA involved testing and comparing the tool with other health literacy instruments in a sample of 201 Spanish-speaking and 202 English-speaking subjects recruited from the Ambulatory Care Center at U

SUBMITTER: Lee SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1797080 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature