The 14-item health literacy scale for Japanese adults (HLS-14)

Machi Suka1, Takeshi Odajima2, Masayuki Kasai3, Ataru Igarashi4, Hirono Ishikawa5, Makiko Kusama6, Takeo Nakayama7, Masahiko Sumitani8, Hiroki Sugimori3
1Department of Public Health and Environmental Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
2Japanese Red Cross Kanto–Koshinetsu Block Blood Center, Tokyo, Japan
3Department of Preventive Medicine, Graduate School of Sports and Health Sciences, Daito Bunka University, Saitama, Japan
4Department of Drug Policy and Management, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
5Department of Health Communication, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
6Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Regulatory Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
7Department of Health Informatics, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan
8Department of Medical Engineering/Anesthesiology and Pain Relief Center, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

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