Psychometric properties of an Arabic-language health literacy assessment scale for adolescents (HAS-A-AR) in Palestine.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Health literacy research in Palestine is limited, and a locally validated tool for use among adolescents has been unavailable until now. Therefore, this study aimed to adapt health literacy assessment scale for adolescents (HAS-A) into Arabic language (HAS-A-AR) and Palestinian context and to investigate its psychometric properties.

Design

We conducted a cross-sectional household survey using a stratified random sample and household face-to-face interviews.

Setting and participants

We conducted 1200 interviews with sixth to ninth graders in the Ramallah and al-Bireh district of the West Bank, Palestine in 2017.

Methods

We translated and adapted HAS-A to be sensitive to the Palestinian context and tested its psychometric properties. We evaluated face

SUBMITTER: Sarhan MBA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7311025 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature