Scale Development and Validation to Measure Occupational Health Literacy Among Thai Informal Workers

Suthakorn, Weeraporn; Songkham, Wanpen; Tantranont, Kunlayanee; Srisuphan, Wichit; Sakarinkhul, Pokin; Dhatsuwan, Jakkapob

doi:10.1016/j.shaw.2020.06.003

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“…Continuing with health literacy as an employee’s individual competence, we present instruments for the measurement of individual work-related health literacy (RQ 3) as result of our literature search. The three self-administered questionnaires were developed and validated within different working populations in the languages Persian [ 67 ], English [ 68 ], and Thai [ 69 ]. Qualitative and quantitative methods were applied for the development and validation of the measurement instruments.…”

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“…Because no specific measurement instrument was available, in an intervention study among casting factory workers, general health literacy was measured and linked to workers’ perceptions of occupational health and safety training [ 14 ]. Suthakorn et al [ 69 ] recommend the development of occupational health literacy measurement instruments tailored to specific work settings in different cultures.…”

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Work-Related Health Literacy: A Scoping Review to Clarify the Concept

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Siegel

2021

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The overall aim of this scoping review is to outline the current state of research on health literacy (HL) in the workplace: the primary objective is to clarify the concept of individual work-related HL; the secondary aims are to report on interventions that promote individual work-related HL and to present respective measurement instruments validated to date. A high level of work-related HL could support work ability and in the longer run employability. These topics are becoming increasingly important in current circumstances and in view of ongoing developments (e.g., digitalization and “new” work). A basic understanding and measurement of HL as an individual competence in the context of working life is necessary to develop future interventions to promote HL among people of working age. According to the participants, concept, and context (PCC) framework, we included articles on health literacy (concept) in the target group of people of working age in the workplace (population and context). Key information sources were the databases PubMed, CINAHL, PsycInfo, and PSYNDEX. A total of 30 articles were included. There are several terms for “health literacy in the workplace” (including individual work-related or occupational HL). The conceptualizations of the individual employee’s competence covered all aspects of HL (“access”, “understand”, “appraise”, and “apply” health information). The conceptualizations differed, among others, in the covered time horizon (referring either only to employees’ current work situation or additionally to their employability in the lifespan) or whether they referred also to the viability of the respective company. Published interventions attempting to promote individual work-related HL seem mostly to be targeted at the promotion of mental HL. A variety of outcomes have been measured in intervention studies, while specific measurement instruments for individual work-related HL seem to be scarce. We recommend the development of country-specific instruments for the assessment of individual work-related health literacy and to measure mental and physical work-related health literacy.

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Work-Related Health Literacy: A Scoping Review to Clarify the Concept

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2021

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“…α is between 0 and 1. The reliability corresponding to different values is shown in Table 1 [ 24 , 25 ].…”

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The Impact of Wireless Network Mobile Devices on College Students’ Labour Concept Education in Artificial Intelligence Environment

2022

Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

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To cultivate correct labour values and good labour quality of college students and effectively promote the development of their labour concept education, this work explores the impact of wireless network mobile devices on college students’ labour concept education under the environment of artificial intelligence. Firstly, a questionnaire survey is used to investigate the labour concept of 400 college students. Secondly, the impact of wireless network mobile devices on college students' labour education is obtained by comparing group A (using artificial intelligence APPs for wireless network devices to learn about labour concepts) and group B (using traditional classroom teaching methods for to learn about labour concepts). According to the statistical survey results, about 20% of college students agree that “if they have enough money to live, they do not have to work”; while less than 50% agree that “they cannot be admitted to civil servants and senior managers in the company and are willing to engage in ordinary labour in the future”. Meanwhile, about 50%–60% of college students think that “housework has nothing to do with me, and it’s all the work of adults”. In the question “What would you do when you find that the public area is dirty and poor, but it’s not your turn to be on duty?”, only about 50% of college students are willing to clean actively. Comparing the data of group A and group B suggests that the labour view expressed in group A is more biased in the cognition of labour purpose, and students in group A is more negative and lazier in labour attitude and labour habits, which shows that wireless network mobile devices have a great negative impact on the overall labour view of college students. Therefore, it is revealed in this work that the correct use of artificial intelligence technology in the education of labour concept has extremely important value for the intelligent development of education methods.

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“…Research has increasingly recognized the importance of context and relational aspects in determining individuals' health literacy (McKenna et al, 2017;Geboers et al, 2018;Sørensen et al, 2021). Occupational health literacy models that account for the environmental and social determinants of health in workplaces have been developed (Rauscher and Myers, 2014;Jørgensen and Larsen, 2019), as have population-specific health literacy tools designed to address the variability of these contextual and relational aspects in different occupational settings (Shannon and Parker, 2020;Suthakorn et al, 2020).…”

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Validity and reliability of the Musicians’ Health Literacy Questionnaire, MHL-Q19

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High prevalence of musicians’ physical and mental performance-related health issues (PRHI) has been demonstrated over the last 30 years. To address this, health promotion strategies have been implemented at some post-secondary music institutions around the world, yet the high prevalence of PRHI has persisted. In 2018, an international group of researchers formed the Musicians’ Health Literacy Consortium to determine how best to decrease PRHI, and to examine the relationship between PRHI and health literacy. An outcome of the Consortium was the development of a new health literacy tool for musicians, the MHL-Q19, which drew from the theoretical framework of the European health literacy suite of tools, HLS-EU. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the MHL-Q19. Participants completed a battery of questionnaires, including the HLS-EU-Q16 for the assessment of general health literacy; the Musculoskeletal Pain Intensity and Interference Questionnaire for Musicians (MPIIQM); the RAND-12 quality of life questionnaire; and the General Self-Efficacy scale (GSE). We hypothesized that the MHL-Q19 would have a weak correlation with the HLS-EU-Q16; moderate correlation with the physical component scale and weak correlation with the mental component scale of the RAND-12; moderate correlation with the GSE; and finally, moderate correlation with pain interference and weak correlation with pain intensity of the MPIIQM. A total of 549 post-secondary music students from six English-speaking countries completed the battery of questionnaires, and 328 of these participants provided valid responses to the MHL-Q19 alone 2 weeks later. The tool showed acceptable internal consistency and test–retest reliability. Three of our hypotheses were supported, although the strength of the correlations varied from what we had predicted. The fourth hypothesis was not supported; our findings indicate that lower health literacy scores were weakly related to higher MPIIQM pain intensity and interference scores. The results of this study support the notion that musicians’ health literacy is a distinct construct that cannot be fully evaluated with existing health literacy tools. Given that this is a new instrument, the evidence presented is positive and promising. Further studies will be needed to refine the tool.

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Scale Development and Validation to Measure Occupational Health Literacy Among Thai Informal Workers

Cited by 14 publications

References 26 publications

Work-Related Health Literacy: A Scoping Review to Clarify the Concept

Work-Related Health Literacy: A Scoping Review to Clarify the Concept

The Impact of Wireless Network Mobile Devices on College Students’ Labour Concept Education in Artificial Intelligence Environment

Validity and reliability of the Musicians’ Health Literacy Questionnaire, MHL-Q19

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