Table 4.
Health Literacy for School-Aged Children (HLSAC) Matrix Items (children 11 years and older, T0 and T1).
| No. | Item | T0 | T1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not at All or Barely True 1 | Absolutely or Somewhat True 1 | N | Not at All or Barely True 1 | Absolutely or Somewhat True 1 | N | ||
| 1 | Having good information regarding health | 16.5% | 83.5% | 2584 | 16.3% | 83.7% | 2560 |
| 2 | Ability to give ideas on how to improve health in one’s immediate surroundings | 33.9% | 66.1% | 2533 | 29.7% | 70.3% | 2525 |
| 3 | Ability to compare health-related information from different sources | 38.1% | 61.9% | 2596 | 32.6% | 67.4% | 2496 |
| 4 | Ability to follow the instructions given by doctors and nurses | 11.4% | 88.6% | 2543 | 11.8% | 88.2% | 2517 |
| 5 | Ability to give examples of things that promote health | 22.4% | 77.6% | 2527 | 19.7% | 80.3% | 2518 |
| 6 | Ability to judge how one’s own actions affect the surrounding natural environment | 22.5% | 77.5% | 2505 | 20.5% | 79.5% | 2493 |
| 7 | Ability to find health-related information that is easy to understand | 22.7% | 77.3% | 2496 | 20.1% | 79.9% | 2488 |
| 8 | Ability to judge how one’s own behavior affects one’s health | 19.3% | 80.7% | 2487 | 17.4% | 82.6% | 2491 |
| 9 | Ability to decide if health-related information is right or wrong | 31.1% | 68.9% | 2484 | 29.3% | 70.7% | 2493 |
| 10 | Ability to justify one’s own choices regarding health | 22.5% | 77.5% | 2482 | 19.9% | 80.1% | 2468 |
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