Development and validation of a comprehensive health literacy tool for adults in Hong Kong.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Health literacy (HL) refers to an individual's ability to process and use health information to make health-related decisions. However, previous HL scales did not fully cover all aspects of this concept. This study aimed to develop a comprehensive Hong Kong HL scale (HLS-HK) and evaluate its psychometric properties among Chinese adults.

Methods

A scale of 31-item covering Nutbeam's framework, namely functional and interactive HL (FHL and IHL), and critical HL (CHL) within three subdomains: critical appraisal of information, understanding of social determinants of health, and actions to address social determinants of health, was developed based on previous literature review and Delphi survey. Cognitive interviews were performed to examine all items' face validity

SUBMITTER: Tian CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9871493 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature