Caleb D Ebert, Ayenachew Kerie, Melke Kifle, Scott D Nash, Zerihun Tadesse, Abebe Fissha, Berhanu Melak, Kassa Bulcha, Melak Haileleule, Awoke Dagnew, Ewnetu Bazie, Mitiku Adugna, Elizabeth Kelly Callahan, Mulaw Abebe, Kimberly A Jensen, Eshetu Sata
Impact of a School Trachoma Program Emphasizing Facial Cleanliness and Environmental Improvement in Amhara, Ethiopia
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
health literacy hl essential determinant health children inadequate hl causes problems individuals society hospitalizations medication errors poor health higher mortality health care costs valid reliable scale needed measure populations hl study evaluated crosscultural adaptation validation persian version hl schoolaged children hlsac scale methodological research hl scale schoolaged children translated english persian using backwardforward translation protocol content validity face validity construct validity exploratory factor analysis efa confirmatory factor analysis cfa plus reliability evaluated internal consistency stability methods two hundred forty samples south tehran selected multistage sampling method assess construct validity data analysis performed using spss v24 jamovi v22 qualitative evaluation face content validity showed experts target group approved items scale results efa indicated existence one factor explaining 4717 total variance scale cfa results showed onefactor model persian version hl scale children almost acceptable 2df 294 root mean square error approximation 009 normedfit index 089 tuckerlewis index 089 comparative fit index 092 cronbachs alpha coefficient whole scale 080 intraclass correlation coefficient value whole scale calculated 078 using singlerating absoluteagreement 2way mixedeffects method study validates hlsac scale affirming suitability assessing hl persianspeaking child populations