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The aim of the current study was to translate and adapt 16 item shorter version of European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire for Urdu speaking school going adolescents in Pakistan to measure their health literacy levels in order to help identify specific indicators that are needed to be addressed to improve their health. The current study consisted of two phases; first was the translation of the instrument into Urdu language through standard procedure followed by second phase of establishing psychometric properties through confirmatory factor analysis. With the help of 625 school going adolescent participants, recruited via convenient sampling, a cross sectional survey was conducted. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to establish structural validity. It successfully retrieved three factors solution in 16 items. The obtained data satisfactorily confirmed the three-dimensional model. Cronbach alpha values (α=.67) showed high level of internal consistency. Thus, confirming the validity and reliability of the translated Urdu version. The translated Urdu version can be utilized in future researches to measure the levels of health literacy among school going adolescents.

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