Title |
Literacia em saúde: tradução e validação de instrumento para pesquisa em promoção da saúde no Brasil
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Published in |
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, March 2017
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DOI | 10.1590/0102-311x00179715 |
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Authors |
Paulo Roberto Veiga Quemelo, Daniela Milani, Vinícius Funes Bento, Edgar Ramos Vieira, Jose Eduardo Zaia |
Abstract |
The aim of this study was to translate, culturally adapt, and test the psychometric performance of a questionnaire to assess health literacy. Brazilian university students (n = 472) with a mean age of 22.7 (5.3) years participated in the study. The validities of the factor, convergent, and discriminant structure were tested using structural equations analysis. The 4-factors model showed only fair results, but was nevertheless the most adequate in terms of factor validity and proved invariant in independent samples. Convergent validity was only adequate for the factor "Search for Health Information", while discriminant validity was adequate for the factors "Search for Information" and "Understanding Information". Internal consistency showed adequate results on all the items. The second-order hierarchical model, although not totally adequate, slowly slightly higher fit indices and thus allowed calculating an overall health literacy score considering each item's best weight. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Unknown | 90 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 17 | 19% |
Student > Bachelor | 7 | 8% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 6% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 6% |
Other | 4 | 4% |
Other | 18 | 20% |
Unknown | 34 | 38% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 19% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 15 | 17% |
Social Sciences | 5 | 6% |
Psychology | 4 | 4% |
Arts and Humanities | 2 | 2% |
Other | 11 | 12% |
Unknown | 36 | 40% |