Nancy Vogeltanz-Holm, Jeffrey Holm
Changes in Body Mass Index During a 3-Year Elementary School-Based Obesity Prevention Program for American Indian and White Rural Students
Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education
investigate psychometric properties brazilian portuguese version health literacy questionnaire european health literacy survey questionnaire shortshort form hlseuq6 brazilian adults instrument translated pretested sample 50 individuals subsequently applied sample 783 adult individuals data went appropriate process testing properties combination techniques exploratory factor analysis confirmatory factor analysis item response theory assessment reliability cronbachs alpha mcdonalds omega indicators used crossvalidation full data analysis applied majority participants female 681 mean age 386 sd145 years old 335 studied elementary school results indicated unidimensional model explained variance 7123 adequate factor load levels commonality item discrimination well stability replicability instrument populations brazilian version hlseuq6 indicated instrument suitable indiscriminate application population intended assess health literacy levels