Christopher Le

Dados Biográficos

ID7750847
NOMEChristopher Le
PRENOMESChristopher
SOBRENOMELe
ASSINATURALÊ C
AFILIAÇÕESThe Norwegian Directorate of Health
ORCID0000-0002-6150-0629
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS5
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR5
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2022
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Cultural and linguistic appropriateness of the HLS19-Q12 health literacy scale items among people in Norway with a Somali background

    Open AccessKathrine Krüger Østbøll, Øystein Guttersrud et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2026

    Although health literacy (HL) is essential for achieving health equity, limited knowledge exists about HL among migrant populations. The cultural and linguistic appropriateness of existing HL measurement scales is scarce. Hence, the aim of this study was to explore the cultural and linguistic appropriateness of HLS19-Q12 scale items among individuals of Somali background living in Norway. The HLS19-Q12 measure general HL and is a short version of…

  • Measuring navigational and digital health literacy in individuals with long-term conditions

    Open AccessMette Haaland, Hanne S Finbråten et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2026

    Background: Mapping health literacy (HL) enables health information and treatment to align with individuals' preferences and potentially makes healthcare truly person-centered. Without valid and reliable measurement tools however, we risk misreading what people actually need. This study aimed to evaluate two measurement scales developed to assess navigational and digital HL in a population sample of individuals with long-term conditions (LTCs). M…

  • Measuring digital health literacy and its associations with determinants and health outcomes in 13 countries

    Open AccessDiane Levin‐Zamir, Diane Levin-Zamir et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Introduction: Digital health information sources are playing an increasingly prominent role in health promotion, public health and in healthcare systems. Consequently, digital health literacy skills are likewise becoming increasingly important. Methods: -DIGI, applied in the European Health Literacy Survey (2019-2021) of the WHO M-POHL network, analyzing data from 28,057 respondents from 13 countries. The instrument is a modified and extended ver…

  • Associations between digital health literacy and health system navigating abilities among Norwegian adolescents

    Open AccessChristopher Le, Øystein Guttersrud et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    The HLS 19 -DIGI scale is considered a sufficiently unidimensional and valid instrument for measuring DHL in adolescents, which may be a useful tool for health authorities, public health workers, and health service providers. While DHL affects adolescents' abilities to navigate the health system, future research should measure and examine their ability to utilize digital health services, separately

  • HLS19-NAV—Validation of a New Instrument Measuring Navigational Health Literacy in Eight European Countries

    Open AccessLennert Griese, Hanne Søberg Finbråten et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    To manoeuvre a complex and fragmented health care system, people need sufficient navigational health literacy (NAV-HL). The objective of this study was to validate the HLS 19 -NAV measurement scale applied in the European Health Literacy Population Survey 2019-2021 (HLS 19 ). From December 2019 to January 2021, data on NAV-HL was collected in eight European countries. The HLS 19 -NAV was translated into seven languages and successfully applied in…