Development and psychometric properties of maternal health literacy inventory in pregnancy.

Safoura TaheriMahmoud TavousiZohre MomenimovahedAshraf Direkvand-MoghadamAzita TiznobaikZainab SuhrabiZiba Taghizadeh

Published in: PloS one (2020)

The designed tool is a multidimensional, reliable and validated scale for assessing maternal health literacy during pregnancy. This tool can be used to evaluate different aspects of maternal health literacy in pregnant women, which was prepared based on their experiences during a qualitative study.

Keyphrases

psychometric properties
pregnancy outcomes
pregnant women
birth weight
health information
preterm birth
gestational age
body mass index