Pilar Bas?Sarmiento|Martina Fernández?Gutiérrez|Martina Fernández?Gutiérrez|Juan Luis González-Caballero|María Falcón Romero
Psychometric Assessment of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q16) for Arabic/French-Speaking Migrants in Southern Europe
Universidad de Cádiz|Universidad de Cádiz|Universidad de Cádiz|Universidad de Cádiz|Universidad de Murcia
improving health literacy hl critical addressing health inequalities low literacy rates believed prevalent ethnic minorities may impact peoples health measures implemented regard hl must evaluated obtain specific indicators aim therefore develop version european health literacy survey questionnaire hlseuq16 recommended used vulnerable populations suited arabicfrenchspeaking migrants reside southeastern spain explore psychometric properties assessing health literacy population crosssectional survey carried convenient sample 205 migrants structural validity calculated confirmatory factorial analysis cfa suggested appropriate adjustment indicators indicated threedimensional model adequately adjusted data obtained study coefficient omega showed high internal consistency three hl dimensions health care disease prevention health promotion concurrent validity presented significant correlation newest vital sign test r 0390 p lt 0001 multigroup cfa showed heterogeneity sample used problem establishing structural validity scale arabicfrench version showed good construct validity