Aim and objectives:
The Health Literacy Tool Shed is hosted by Boston University. It is an online database of more than 200 health literacy measures. The site contains information about measures, including their psychometric properties, based on a review of peer-reviewed literature.
Target group:
It is a database for researchers, decision-makers, and health providers. It helps them identify the most relevant measurements to use in health literacy research, needs assessments, evaluations, etc.
Method:
It is an open-source database, freely available to all users.
Outcome:
It enhances the opportunities for choosing the most relevant tool for a certain research purpose.
Added value:
The Health Literacy Tool Shed makes it possible to gain access to cutting-edge measurement tools. Previously, the review of such tools was published in scientific journals. The Health Literacy Tool Shed democratised accessibility to these measurements and accelerated the speed of knowledge-sharing and use of appropriate measurement tools.
