Development and Validation of a New Short-Form Health Literacy Instrument (HLS-SF12) for the General Public in Six Asian Countries

Background: No comprehensive short-form health literacy (HL) survey tool has been available for general use across Asia. Objective: This study aimed to develop and validate a short-form HL instrument derived from the 47-item European Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q47). Methods: A populatio...

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Main Authors: Tuyen V. Duong, Altyn Aringazina, Gaukhar Kayupova, Thuc V. Pham, Khue M. Pham, Tien Q. Truong, Kien T. Nguyen, Win Myint Oo, Tin Tin Su, Hazreen Abdul Majid, Kristine Sørensen, I-Feng Lin, Yuwen Chang, Shwu-Huey Yang, Peter W. S. Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SLACK Incorporated 2019-04-01
Series:Health Literacy Research and Practice
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Online Access:https://www.healio.com/public-health/journals/hlrp/2019-4-3-2/%7Be7b30a12-f520-47b3-ab8e-f50a9d74bac6%7D/development-and-validation-of-a-new-short-form-health-literacy-instrument-hls-sf12-for-the-general-public-in-six-asian-countries