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FACE AND CONTENT VALIDITY TO ACCESS HEALTH LITERACY

QUESTIONNAIRES AMONG COMMUNITIES IN THE PROTECTED AREAS

WRITTEN BY: NOR AZIAH ABD KADIR, AMIRAH AZZERI, MOHD IQBAL MOHD NOOR, MOHD HAFIZ JAAFAR & ZURINA
KEFELI @ZULKEFLI

Health literacy is an ability of a person to access, understand, appraise and practice health-related information in his daily life. Health literacy
has been increasingly recognized as one of the most critical social determinants in the healthcare sector, health education, and health
promotion. However, assessing health literacy is crucial. The HLS-SF-Q12 questionnaire was used to measure health literacy among people
in rural areas in six Asian countries, including Malaysia. In this study, we adopt and adapt the questionnaires to test health literacy among
communities in the protected area. The questionnaire was distributed to the indigenous people in Kampung Sungai Chandan, Raub, Pahang.
Kampung Sungai Chandan is located near the protected area of Krau Wildlife Centre. A total of 30 participants aged ≥18 years were
recruited. The questionnaire has been a back-to-back translation from English to Malay and back to English to measure health literacy based
on the three domains: healthcare, disease prevention, and health promotion. Face and content validity and internal consistency analysis will
be used to analyze the tool's validity in these populations. The result shows that the questionnaire has good construct validity and satisfactory
goodness-of-fit of the data to the hypothetical model in the three health literacy domains. The internal consistency is excellent (Cronbach's
alpha>0.90). Therefore, the HLS-SF-Q12 was a satisfactory and comprehensive health literacy survey tool adapted to be appropriately used
for the communities in a protected area.