Istanbul Okan University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Işık University, Istanbul, Turkey.
J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ. 2022 Sep 15;27(4):443-452. doi: 10.1093/deafed/enac025.
Sign language speakers are at a disadvantage in terms of health literacy due to the lack of health education materials in sign languages. Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) individuals are excluded from health literacy research due to the lack of measurement tools in their language of excellent fluency. This study aims to provide the literature with a tool that allows the measurement of health literacy among DHH individuals. The Turkish Health Literacy Scale (THLS)-32 was translated into Turkish Sign Language (TSL). After the THLS-32 was translated into TSL in video format, it was tested for validity and reliability. The translated version of the scale was administered to participants from a DHH association in Turkey who are fluent in TSL. Subsequently, a study was conducted with 207 DHH individuals. The study group was assessed in terms of their mean index scores and evaluated to have "limited health literacy" according to the THLS-32 classification. We conclude that the THLS-32 in TSL is suitable to measure health literacy in DHH individuals and to assess the impact of the health education system.
手语使用者在健康素养方面处于不利地位，因为手语中缺乏健康教育材料。由于缺乏他们流利语言的测量工具，聋人和重听（DHH）个体被排除在健康素养研究之外。本研究旨在为文献提供一种工具，以衡量 DHH 个体的健康素养。土耳其健康素养量表（THLS）-32 被翻译成土耳其手语（TSL）。THLS-32 以视频格式翻译成 TSL 后，对其进行了有效性和可靠性测试。该量表的翻译版本被分发给土耳其 DHH 协会的、熟练掌握 TSL 的参与者。随后，对 207 名 DHH 个体进行了研究。根据 THLS-32 分类，研究组的平均指数得分被评估为“有限健康素养”。我们得出结论，TSL 中的 THLS-32 适合衡量 DHH 个体的健康素养，并评估健康教育系统的影响。
