Thomas Abel|Karen Hofmann|Sabine Ackermann|Sabine Bucher|Sibel Sakarya
Health literacy among young adults: a short survey tool for public health and health promotion research
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine|University of Bern|Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine|University of Bern|Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine|University of Bern|Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine|University of Bern|Marmara University
health literacy hl contextspecific public health health promotion hl private realm refers individuals knowledge skills prevent disease promote health everyday life however scarcity measurement tools explicitly geared private realm contexts aim develop test short survey tool captures different dimensions hl context family friends used crosssectional data swiss federal surveys adolescents 2010 2011 comprising 7983 males 366 females 18 25 years hl assessed set eight items selfreports used principal component analysis explore underlying factor structure among items male sample confirmatory factor analysis verify factor structure female sample results showed tested item set represented dimensions functional interactive critical hl two subdimensions understanding versus finding healthrelevant information denoted functional hl interactive critical hl represented two items sum score based eight items cronbachs 064 showed expected positive associations parental education among males females p 005 short item set appears feasible measurement tool assess hl private realm broader application survey studies may help improve understanding form hl distributed general population