ArticleFrontiers in public health2026
Exploring adolescents' ability to appraise health information: validation of the self-report short-form Critical Health Literacy Questionnaire.
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Introduction: Adolescents' ability to evaluate health information is an increasingly important area in public health and health promotion; however, there is a scarcity of brief, psychometrically sound self-report tools focused on adolescents' information appraisal abilities. In this study, we aim to validate a unidimensional short form of the Critical Health Literacy for Adolescents Questionnaire (CHLA-QA) domain A and to examine its convergent and known-groups validity. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey among Norwegian students ( Results: Analysis yielded a five-item solution with acceptable fit (CFI = 0.98; RMSEA = 0.097 [0.065-0.132]; SRMR = 0.037, uSRMR/2 = 0.055), strong standardized loadings (0.582-0.839), and satisfactory reliability ( Conclusion: This study advances the measurement of adolescents' CHL by developing and evaluating a brief, unidimensional instrument for assessment of information appraisal (CHLA-QA). The scale showed strong validity and acceptable reliability. Future studies in independent samples are warranted to further establish validity and measurement invariance across relevant populations.
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