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

• Main Authors: Tuyen V. Duong (Author), Altyn Aringazina (Author), Gaukhar Kayupova (Author), Thuc V. Pham (Author), Khue M. Pham (Author), Tien Q. Truong (Author), Kien T. Nguyen (Author), Win Myint Oo (Author), Tin Tin Su (Author), Hazreen Abdul Majid (Author), Kristine Sørensen (Author), I-Feng Lin (Author), Yuwen Chang (Author), Shwu-Huey Yang (Author), Peter W. S. Chang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SLACK Incorporated, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 population...