Barry Weiss et al. developed this validated tool in 2005. The 6-item tool takes about 3 minutes to administer. It measures understanding of words and numbers on an ice cream nutrition label. The tool comes in both English and Spanish.
Newest Vital Sign (NVS)
Education
- Topic
- Assessing Personal Health Literacy
- Audience
- Health Care Professionals, Researchers and Academics
- Setting
- Hospitals and Health Systems, Primary Care and Outpatient Practices, Research Settings
- Level
- Applied