Development of the Swahili Cancer Health Literacy Test for use in the African context
The SCHLT presents a novel, culturally appropriate tool for assessing cancer HL in Swahili-speaking populations. The theoretically grounded development process ensures rigour and provides a model for creating other disease-specific HL tools.Contribution: This study addresses a significant gap by contributing to the development of cancer HL assessments relevant to African contexts.
Authors
- Kija Malale
- Melanie Pienaar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1087-664X)
Institutions
- University of the Free State (ZA)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
- Published
- 2026-01-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v18i1.5077
- Primary Topic
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00