2005-2008: Development of Measures of Health Literacy for Canadian Schools

Funded by: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Years: 2005-2008
Co-Principal Investigators: Deborah Begoray, Irv Rootman
Co-Investigators: Jim Frankish, Marjorie MacDonald, Joan Wharf Higgins

The purpose of the study was to address a significant gap in the literature on health literacy, namely to develop measures of health literacy skills, especially as applied to teenagers.

Findings from the study are presented in an academic journal article:

Wu AD, Begoray DL, MacDonald M, Wharf Higgins J, Frankish J, Kwan B, Fung W and Rootman I (2010). Developing and evaluating a relevant and feasible instrument for measuring health literacy of Canadian high school students. Health Promotion International 25(4):444-452.