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Measuring Health Literacy Among French Pupils With the Health Literacy Survey Child Questionnaire-15 (HLS-Child-Q15)

BACKGROUND: Health literacy is a critical health determinant. To implement initiatives aiming at improving health literacy among children, adapted measurement tools are needed. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to translate, adapt, and test the Health Literacy Survey Child Questionnaire-15 (HLS-Child-Q15)...

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Autores principales: Genton, Marine Cécile, Chapoton, Boris, Dauda, Sali Mohammed, Oriol, Mathieu, Denois, Véronique Regnier, Chauvin, Franck
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10406579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37552490
http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20230717-01
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author Genton, Marine Cécile
Chapoton, Boris
Dauda, Sali Mohammed
Oriol, Mathieu
Denois, Véronique Regnier
Chauvin, Franck
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Chapoton, Boris
Dauda, Sali Mohammed
Oriol, Mathieu
Denois, Véronique Regnier
Chauvin, Franck
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description BACKGROUND: Health literacy is a critical health determinant. To implement initiatives aiming at improving health literacy among children, adapted measurement tools are needed. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to translate, adapt, and test the Health Literacy Survey Child Questionnaire-15 (HLS-Child-Q15) to assess health literacy among French-speaking 8- to 11-year-old pupils. METHODS: The HLS-Child-Q15 was translated and adapted to the French context to become the HLS-Child-Q15-FR. A cross-sectional survey was carried out using a written, self-reported questionnaire to assess the psychometric properties of the HLS-Child-Q15-FR. KEY RESULTS: Translation and adaptation of the HLS-Child-Q15 German-French translated versions were cross-referenced. Back-translation led to minor refinements. Qualitative pre-test among children led to simplifications in wording and structure. Validation of the HLS-Child-Q15-FR. Four trained interviewers collected data among 3,107 pupils in 74 elementary schools of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. HLS-Child-Q15-FR showed good reliability (alpha = 0.83). Exploratory factor analysis showed a two-factor model related to health care and primary prevention. Construct validity analyses suggested removing 3 items. External validity analyses indicated a significant and moderate relationship with perceived self-efficacy. CONCLUSION: This study aimed to address the issue of measuring health literacy among French-speaking 8- to 11-year-old pupils. The HLS-Child-Q15-FR showed a high internal consistency. Statistics suggested a two-dimensional thematic scale. These findings should be further investigated. [HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice. 2023;7(3):e144–e153.]
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spelling pubmed-104065792023-08-09 Measuring Health Literacy Among French Pupils With the Health Literacy Survey Child Questionnaire-15 (HLS-Child-Q15) Genton, Marine Cécile Chapoton, Boris Dauda, Sali Mohammed Oriol, Mathieu Denois, Véronique Regnier Chauvin, Franck Health Lit Res Pract Original Research BACKGROUND: Health literacy is a critical health determinant. To implement initiatives aiming at improving health literacy among children, adapted measurement tools are needed. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to translate, adapt, and test the Health Literacy Survey Child Questionnaire-15 (HLS-Child-Q15) to assess health literacy among French-speaking 8- to 11-year-old pupils. METHODS: The HLS-Child-Q15 was translated and adapted to the French context to become the HLS-Child-Q15-FR. A cross-sectional survey was carried out using a written, self-reported questionnaire to assess the psychometric properties of the HLS-Child-Q15-FR. KEY RESULTS: Translation and adaptation of the HLS-Child-Q15 German-French translated versions were cross-referenced. Back-translation led to minor refinements. Qualitative pre-test among children led to simplifications in wording and structure. Validation of the HLS-Child-Q15-FR. Four trained interviewers collected data among 3,107 pupils in 74 elementary schools of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. HLS-Child-Q15-FR showed good reliability (alpha = 0.83). Exploratory factor analysis showed a two-factor model related to health care and primary prevention. Construct validity analyses suggested removing 3 items. External validity analyses indicated a significant and moderate relationship with perceived self-efficacy. CONCLUSION: This study aimed to address the issue of measuring health literacy among French-speaking 8- to 11-year-old pupils. The HLS-Child-Q15-FR showed a high internal consistency. Statistics suggested a two-dimensional thematic scale. These findings should be further investigated. [HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice. 2023;7(3):e144–e153.] SLACK Incorporated 2023-07 2023-08-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10406579/ /pubmed/37552490 http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20230717-01 Text en © 2023 Genton, Chapoton, Dauda et al.; licensee SLACK Incorporated. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ). This license allows users to copy and distribute, to remix, transform, and build upon the article non-commercially, provided the author is attributed and the new work is non-commercial.
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Genton, Marine Cécile
Chapoton, Boris
Dauda, Sali Mohammed
Oriol, Mathieu
Denois, Véronique Regnier
Chauvin, Franck
Measuring Health Literacy Among French Pupils With the Health Literacy Survey Child Questionnaire-15 (HLS-Child-Q15)
title Measuring Health Literacy Among French Pupils With the Health Literacy Survey Child Questionnaire-15 (HLS-Child-Q15)
title_full Measuring Health Literacy Among French Pupils With the Health Literacy Survey Child Questionnaire-15 (HLS-Child-Q15)
title_fullStr Measuring Health Literacy Among French Pupils With the Health Literacy Survey Child Questionnaire-15 (HLS-Child-Q15)
title_full_unstemmed Measuring Health Literacy Among French Pupils With the Health Literacy Survey Child Questionnaire-15 (HLS-Child-Q15)
title_short Measuring Health Literacy Among French Pupils With the Health Literacy Survey Child Questionnaire-15 (HLS-Child-Q15)
title_sort measuring health literacy among french pupils with the health literacy survey child questionnaire-15 (hls-child-q15)
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10406579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37552490
http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20230717-01
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