Table 1.
Operational Definitions for Health Literacy
| Questions | (Coded→Recoded) Answers | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I know what health resources are available on the Internet. | (1) →(1) Strongly disagree | ||||||||
| (2) →(1) Disagree | |||||||||
| (3) →(1) Neither agree nor disagree | |||||||||
| (4) →(0) Agree | |||||||||
| (5) →(0) Strongly agree | |||||||||
| (6) →(1) Not applicable | |||||||||
| I know where to find helpful health resources on the Internet. | (1) →(1) Strongly disagree | ||||||||
| (2) →(1) Disagree | |||||||||
| (3) →(l) Neither agree nor disagree | |||||||||
| (4) →(0) Agree | |||||||||
| (5) →(0) Strongly agree | |||||||||
| (6) →(1) Not applicable | |||||||||
| I know how to find helpful health resources on the Internet. | (1) →(1) Strongly disagree | ||||||||
| (2) →(1) Disagree | |||||||||
| (3) →(1) Neither agree nor disagree | |||||||||
| (4) →(0) Agree | |||||||||
| (5) →(0) Strongly agree | |||||||||
| (6) →(1) Not applicable | |||||||||
| I know how to use the Internet to answer my questions about health. | (1) →(1) Strongly disagree | ||||||||
| (2) →(1)Disagree | |||||||||
| (3) →(1) Neither agree nor disagree | |||||||||
| (4) →(0) Agree | |||||||||
| (5) →(0) Strongly agree | |||||||||
| (6) →(1)Not applicable | |||||||||
| I know how to use the health information I find on the Internet to help me. | (1) →(l) Strongly disagree | ||||||||
| (2) →(1) Disagree | |||||||||
| (3) →(1) Neither agree nor disagree | |||||||||
| (4) →(0) Agree | |||||||||
| (5) →(0) Strongly agree | |||||||||
| (6) →(1) Not applicable | |||||||||
| I have the skills I need to evaluate the health resources I find on the Internet. | (1) →(1) Strongly disagree | ||||||||
| (2) →(1) Disagree | |||||||||
| (3) →(1) Neither agree nor disagree | |||||||||
| (4) →(0) Agree | |||||||||
| (5) →(0) Strongly agree | |||||||||
| (6) →(1) Not applicable | |||||||||
| I can tell high quality health resources from low quality health resources on the Internet. | (1) →(1) Strongly disagree | ||||||||
| (2) →(l) Disagree | |||||||||
| (3) →(1) Neither agree nor disagree | |||||||||
| (4) →(0) Agree | |||||||||
| (5) →(0) Strongly agree | |||||||||
| (6) →(1) Not applicable | |||||||||