Health Literacy Tool Shed
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Health literacy tool shed. This animation could be used to enhance alphabet activities with younger children watching and calling out the next letter and the. Health literacy is the cognitive and social skills. The health literacy tool shed is an online database of health literacy measures.
The site contains information about measures including their psychometric properties based on a review of the peer reviewed literature. The site contains information about measures including their psychometric properties based on a review of the peer reviewed literature. The health literacy tool shed is a convenient searchable database of validated health literacy instruments.
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Instruments can be searched by alphabetic title list context domain measured and administration time among others. The world health organization definition of health literacy was used for the development of the health literacy questionnaire hlq 14. The health literacy tool shed is an online database of health literacy measures.
The site contains information about measures including their psychometric properties based on a review of the peer reviewed literature. These instruments and measures are described in published peer reviewed journals and these references are linked within each record. Read more about the tool shed s goals and criteria.
Measurement of health literacy has proved complex be cause it is a multidimensional concept and definitions for it have evolved over many years 15 16. Please let us know if you have suggestions to improve the tool shed such as tools to be added or additional information on the listed measures. The tool shed is a collaboration among communicate health the national library of medicine national institutes of health.