Assessing the validity of digital health literacy instrument for secondary school students in Ghana: The polychoric factor analytic approach

Agormedah EK, Quansah F, Ankomah F, Hagan Junior JE, Srem-Sai M, Abieraba RSK, Frimpong JB, Schack T (2022)
Frontiers in digital health 4: 1-12.

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Agormedah, Edmond Kwesi; Quansah, Frank; Ankomah, Francis; Hagan Junior, John ElvisUniBi; Srem-Sai, Medina; Abieraba, Richard Samuel Kwadwo; Frimpong, James Boadu; Schack, ThomasUniBi
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The emergence of the coronavirus pandemic resulted in the heightened need for digital health literacy among the youth of school-going age. Despite the relevance of digital health literacy among the general public (including students), it appears the measurement of digital health literacy is still a challenge among researchers. Recently, Dadackinski and colleagues adapted existing digital health literacy measures to fit the COVID-19 situation. Since this development, the instrument has been widely used with few validation studies with none in Africa and specifically, in Ghana. The purpose of the study was to assess the validity of the digital health literacy instrument (DHLI) for secondary school students in Ghana using the polychoric factor analysis. We sampled 1,392 students from secondary schools in Ghana. The digital health literacy instrument was administered to the respondents, thereof. The study confirmed the four latent structure of the DHLI. Further, sufficient validity evidence was found regarding the construct validity of the DHLI. The findings from the study support the validity of the DHLI and its utility within the Ghanaian context. With the growing need for digital health literacy among younger people globally, the DHLI provides sufficient grounds for scaling them based on their level of literacy. There is a need for the instrument to be adapted and re-validated in Ghana and among different populations to widen its reproducibility. © 2022 Agormedah, Quansah, Ankomah, Hagan, Srem-Sai, Abieraba, Frimpong and Schack.
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2022
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Frontiers in digital health
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4
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1-12
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2673-253X
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Agormedah EK, Quansah F, Ankomah F, et al. Assessing the validity of digital health literacy instrument for secondary school students in Ghana: The polychoric factor analytic approach. Frontiers in digital health. 2022;4:1-12.
Agormedah, E. K., Quansah, F., Ankomah, F., Hagan Junior, J. E., Srem-Sai, M., Abieraba, R. S. K., Frimpong, J. B., et al. (2022). Assessing the validity of digital health literacy instrument for secondary school students in Ghana: The polychoric factor analytic approach. Frontiers in digital health, 4, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2022.968806
Agormedah, Edmond Kwesi, Quansah, Frank, Ankomah, Francis, Hagan Junior, John Elvis, Srem-Sai, Medina, Abieraba, Richard Samuel Kwadwo, Frimpong, James Boadu, and Schack, Thomas. 2022. “Assessing the validity of digital health literacy instrument for secondary school students in Ghana: The polychoric factor analytic approach”. Frontiers in digital health 4: 1-12.
Agormedah, E. K., Quansah, F., Ankomah, F., Hagan Junior, J. E., Srem-Sai, M., Abieraba, R. S. K., Frimpong, J. B., and Schack, T. (2022). Assessing the validity of digital health literacy instrument for secondary school students in Ghana: The polychoric factor analytic approach. Frontiers in digital health 4, 1-12.
Agormedah, E.K., et al., 2022. Assessing the validity of digital health literacy instrument for secondary school students in Ghana: The polychoric factor analytic approach. Frontiers in digital health, 4, p 1-12.
E.K. Agormedah, et al., “Assessing the validity of digital health literacy instrument for secondary school students in Ghana: The polychoric factor analytic approach”, Frontiers in digital health, vol. 4, 2022, pp. 1-12.
Agormedah, E.K., Quansah, F., Ankomah, F., Hagan Junior, J.E., Srem-Sai, M., Abieraba, R.S.K., Frimpong, J.B., Schack, T.: Assessing the validity of digital health literacy instrument for secondary school students in Ghana: The polychoric factor analytic approach. Frontiers in digital health. 4, 1-12 (2022).
Agormedah, Edmond Kwesi, Quansah, Frank, Ankomah, Francis, Hagan Junior, John Elvis, Srem-Sai, Medina, Abieraba, Richard Samuel Kwadwo, Frimpong, James Boadu, and Schack, Thomas. “Assessing the validity of digital health literacy instrument for secondary school students in Ghana: The polychoric factor analytic approach”. Frontiers in digital health 4 (2022): 1-12.
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