Development and Validation of the Health Literacy Scale for Workers.
Health literacy
Iran
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of results
Surveys and questionnaires
Journal
The international journal of occupational and environmental medicine
ISSN: 2008-6814
Titre abrégé: Int J Occup Environ Med
Pays: Iran
ID NLM: 101535763
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 2019
01 2019
Historique:
received:
18
10
2018
accepted:
29
12
2019
entrez:
28
1
2019
pubmed:
28
1
2019
medline:
7
8
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Health literacy has received growing attention in recent years to reduce health disparities. Health literate individuals can gain access, understand and use health information to maintain, improve and promote good health. To develop and assess the psychometric properties of a tool for the measurement of health literacy among workers, the Health Literacy Scale for Workers (HELSW). 15 companies were selected from the factories of the industrial city of Saveh. 450 (400 male and 50 female) workers from Saveh, Iran, were selected through a multistage random sampling. The study had two stages---a qualitative and a quantitative stage. In the qualitative phase, the workers' beliefs were extracted based on 61 in-depth interviews. Content validity was assessed with the help of 12 experts in the field of health education, public health and occupational health. Also, face validity was evaluated through interviewing with 20 workers. In the quantitative phase, the reliability of the questionnaire was evaluated by measuring the internal consistency and test-retest reliability. The construct validity was assessed by the principal component analysis using varimax rotation. In the exploratory factor analysis, six domains ( It seems that the developed Persian questionnaire, HELSW, is a reliable and valid measure of the health literacy in workers.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Health literacy has received growing attention in recent years to reduce health disparities. Health literate individuals can gain access, understand and use health information to maintain, improve and promote good health.
OBJECTIVE
To develop and assess the psychometric properties of a tool for the measurement of health literacy among workers, the Health Literacy Scale for Workers (HELSW).
METHODS
15 companies were selected from the factories of the industrial city of Saveh. 450 (400 male and 50 female) workers from Saveh, Iran, were selected through a multistage random sampling. The study had two stages---a qualitative and a quantitative stage. In the qualitative phase, the workers' beliefs were extracted based on 61 in-depth interviews. Content validity was assessed with the help of 12 experts in the field of health education, public health and occupational health. Also, face validity was evaluated through interviewing with 20 workers. In the quantitative phase, the reliability of the questionnaire was evaluated by measuring the internal consistency and test-retest reliability. The construct validity was assessed by the principal component analysis using varimax rotation.
RESULTS
In the exploratory factor analysis, six domains (
CONCLUSION
It seems that the developed Persian questionnaire, HELSW, is a reliable and valid measure of the health literacy in workers.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30685775
doi: 10.15171/ijoem.2019.1498
pii: 1498
pmc: PMC6522212
doi:
pii:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
30-39Références
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