Measuring health literacy in Asia: Validation of the HLS-EU-Q47 survey tool in six Asian countries

• Main Authors: Duong, T.V., Aringazina, A., Baisunova, G., Nurjanah, -, Pham, T.V., Pham, K.M., Truong, T.Q., Nguyen, K.T., Oo, W.M., Mohamad, E., Tin, Tin Su, Huang, H.L., Sørensen, K., Pelikan, J.M., Van den Broucke, S., Chang, P.W.
• Format: Article
• Published: Japan Epidemiological Association 2017
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/19190/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.je.2016.09.005
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Background: Health literacy has been increasingly recognized as one of the most important social determinants for health. However, an appropriate and comprehensive assessment tool is not available in many Asian countries. This study validates a comprehensive health literacy survey tool European heal...