Table 1.

Linkage Between the Nutbeam's Schema of Health Literacy and the Health Literacy Questionnaire

Nutbeam's schema	Broad matching Health Literacy Questionnaire domainsa
Basic/functional health literacy: sufficient basic skills in reading and writing to be able function effectively in everyday situations	2. Having sufficient information to manage my health 8. Ability to find good-quality health information 9. Understanding health information well enough to know what to do
Communicative/interactive health literacy: more advanced cognitive and literacy skills that, together with social skills, can be used to actively participate in everyday activities, to extract information and derive meaning from different forms of communication, and to apply new information to changing circumstances	1. Feeling understood and supported by health care providers 3. Actively managing my health 4. Social support for health 6. Ability to actively engage with health care providers 7. Navigating the health system 8. Ability to find good quality-health information
Critical literacy: more advanced cognitive skills, that together with social skills, can be applied to critically analyze information and to use this information to exert greater control over life events and situations	3. Actively managing my health 4. Social support for health 5. Appraisal of health information

Note.

^aWithin each Health Literacy Questionnaire scale there are some elements of the three levels of Nutbeam's schema, so overlap is expected. Reprinted (permission is not required) under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) from Osborne et al., 2013.