Health literacy scale for English-speaking children: translation and validation of the HLS-Child-Q15-EN

To translate and validate the HLS-Child-Q15, a relatively short questionnaire for assessing health literacy in children originally validated in German, into English to make it accessible to a large population of English-speaking children.

Citation:
Drake-Brockman TFE, Locke V, Hauser N, Sommerfield D, Evans D, Sommefield A, Khan N, von Ungern-Sternberg BS. Health literacy scale for English-speaking children: translation and validation of the HLS-Child-Q15-EN. BMJ Open. 2025;15(12).

Keywords:
Child; Health Education; Health Literacy; Paediatrics

Abstract:
To translate and validate the HLS-Child-Q15, a relatively short questionnaire for assessing health literacy in children originally validated in German, into English to make it accessible to a large population of English-speaking children.