Measuring General Health Literacy in Chinese adults: validation of the HLS19-Q12 instrument

Abstract Background Health literacy measurement lays a solid foundation to identify associations with health outcomes and monitor population health literacy levels over time. In mainland China, most existing health literacy instruments are either knowledge-based or practice-based, making health lite...

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Published in:	BMC Public Health
Main Authors:	Rongmei Liu, Qiuping Zhao, Mingyang Yu, Hui Chen, Xiaomo Yang, Shuaibin Liu, Orkan Okan, Xinghan Chen, Yuhan Xing, Shuaijun Guo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2024-04-01
Subjects:	Health literacy measurement Validation China HLS19-Q12 Adults
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-17977-1