ArticleBMC pediatrics2019
Development and validation of a Chinese parental health literacy questionnaire for caregivers of children 0 to 3 years old.
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- Measuring health literacy: A systematic review and bibliometric analysis of instruments from 1993 to 2021.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- Improving Parental Health Literacy in Primary Caregivers of 0- to 3-Year-Old Children Through a WeChat Official Account: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Trial
- Parental Health Literacy as a Determinant of Parenting Practices and Early Childhood Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Parenting health literacy and nurturing care ability: the mediating role of parenting stress.BMJ paediatrics open · 2026Article
- Development and psychometric validation of a novel health literacy scale for family caregivers of preschool children.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2025Article
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- Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Elderly Diabetic Patients and Their Families Regarding Comorbid Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2025Article
- The Parent Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ-Parent). Adaptation and validity testing with parents of children with epilepsy.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2024Article
- Validity and Reliability of the Parental Health Literacy Questionnaire for Caregivers of Children Aged 0 to 3 Years in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Questionnaire and LGBM Model for Assessing Health Literacy levels of Mongolians in China.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Community-based interventionFrontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Development and validation of the reproductive health literacy questionnaire for Chinese unmarried youth.Reproductive health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundGiven the limited information on parental health literacy measurements, the study aimed to develop and validate the Chinese Parental Health Literacy Questionnaire for caregivers of children 0 to 3 years old.
methodsWe conducted a validity and reliability study of the questionnaire through a cross-sectional survey and test-retest analysis respectively between March and April 2017. We recruited 807 caregivers of children 0 to 3 years old, among them 101 caregivers completed the test-retest assessment with 2 weeks interval. The reliability was determined by internal consistency, spilt-half reliability and test-retest reliability. The construct validity was assessed by confirmatory factor analysis.
resultsThe 39-question Chinese Parental Health Literacy Questionnaire was demonstrated high internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.89), spilt-half reliability (Spearman-Brown coefficient = 0.92) and test-retest reliability (Pearson correlation coefficient = 0.82). The confirmatory factor analysis showed that the construct of the questionnaire fitted well with the hypothetical model. The participants' test scores of the Chinese Parental Health Literacy Questionnaire in the cross-sectional survey were positively associated with caregivers being mothers, more educated, the children with Shanghai Hukou, having only one child in the family, and higher family income.
conclusionThe Chinese Parental Health Literacy Questionnaire demonstrated good reliability and validity, which could potentially be used as an effective evaluation instrument to assess parental health literacy.
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