Development and validation of the Health Activation Scale for Children (HAS-C): an important intermediate outcome measure for health promotion initiatives

• Main Authors: Lixia Ge (Author), Joseph Molina (Author), Ramakrishnan Karthigayan (Author), Hui Ting Foo (Author), Marcus Tang (Author), Rochelle Chua (Author), Chin Fung Ong (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Valid and reliable measures for assessing health activation in school-aged children are currently lacking. This study aimed to develop a scale to measure health activation and evaluate its psychometric properties among English-speaking primary school children in Singapore. Method...