<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_1905-7415.1006.527_s_001_w2aab3b7b4b1b6b1aab1c17b1Aa"><h3>Background</h3><p>The 7th Global Conference on Health Promotion was held in 2009. The World Health Organization advocated focus on the development of health literacy (HL), which refers to cognitive and social skills of individuals to access, understand, and use information to promote and maintain a healthy life.</p></sec><sec id="j_1905-7415.1006.527_s_002_w2aab3b7b4b1b6b1aab1c17b2Aa"><h3>Objectives</h3><p>To synthesize and develop an ABCDE (alcohol, baccy, coping, diet, and exercise) HL Scale for Thai adults, to evaluate their HL, and to determine whether the path model of HL influences health outcomes.</p></sec><sec id="j_1905-7415.1006.527_s_003_w2aab3b7b4b1b6b1aab1c17b3Aa"><h3>Methods</h3><p>The synthesis used 12 research articles published in PubMed and Science Direct (1996-2013), and the participants used to test the research hypothesis were Thais aged >15 years. We selected 4,401 participants by systematic sampling, who responded to a 5-point scale for 64 items, with a Cronbach -coefficient of reliability between 0.61 and 0.91.</p></sec><sec id="j_1905-7415.1006.527_s_004_w2aab3b7b4b1b6b1aab1c17b4Aa"><h3>Results</h3><p>(1) The HL scales were in a good range of factor loading from 0.326 to 0.861. (2) The overall HL of the subjects was fair for 72.0%. The health outcomes were poor for 53.5% of all participants, fair in 44.7%, and good in 1.8% percent. (3) The path model of HL that influences health outcomes was consistent with the empirical data (χ<sup>2</sup> 27.48, with 7 degrees of freedom, <italic>P</italic> = 0.003, and root mean square error of approximation of 0.032).</p></sec><sec id="j_1905-7415.1006.527_s_005_w2aab3b7b4b1b6b1aab1c17b5Aa"><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>We recommend application of the ABCDE-HL Scale for Thai Adults as a screening tool to develop HL using a public health promotion policy for Thai adults with low levels of HL.</p></sec></abstract>

BackgroundThe 7th Global Conference on Health Promotion was held in 2009. The World Health Organization advocated focus on the development of health literacy (HL), which refers to cognitive and social skills of individuals to access, understand, and use information to promote and maintain a healthy life.ObjectivesTo synthesize and develop an ABCDE (alcohol, baccy, coping, diet, and exercise) HL Scale for Thai adults, to evaluate their HL, and to determine whether the path model of HL influences health outcomes.MethodsThe synthesis used 12 research articles published in PubMed and Science Direct (1996-2013), and the participants used to test the research hypothesis were Thais aged >15 years. We selected 4,401 participants by systematic sampling, who responded to a 5-point scale for 64 items, with a Cronbach -coefficient of reliability between 0.61 and 0.91.Results(1) The HL scales were in a good range of factor loading from 0.326 to 0.861. (2) The overall HL of the subjects was fair for 72.0%. The health outcomes were poor for 53.5% of all participants, fair in 44.7%, and good in 1.8% percent. (3) The path model of HL that influences health outcomes was consistent with the empirical data (χ2 27.48, with 7 degrees of freedom, P = 0.003, and root mean square error of approximation of 0.032).ConclusionsWe recommend application of the ABCDE-HL Scale for Thai Adults as a screening tool to develop HL using a public health promotion policy for Thai adults with low levels of HL.

The development and application of the ABCDE-health literacy scale for Thais

Asian Biomedicine

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BackgroundThe 7th Global Conference on Health Promotion was held in 2009. The World Health Organization advocated focus on the development of health literacy...

The development and application of the ABCDE-health literacy scale for Thais

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Mar 31, 2017

Page range: 587 - 594

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.1006.527

Keywords
Health behavior, health literacy, health outcome, HL scale, research synthesis

© 2016 Ungsinun Intarakamhang, Yuttapong Kwanchuen

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The development and application of the ABCDE-health literacy scale for Thais

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Mar 31, 2017

Page range: 587 - 594

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.1006.527

KeywordsHealth behavior, health literacy, health outcome, HL scale, research synthesis

© 2016 Ungsinun Intarakamhang, Yuttapong Kwanchuen

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Health behavior, health literacy, health outcome, HL scale, research synthesis