An exploratory pilot study on health education program to improve health literacy among female in their 20s.

Objective: Health literacy (HL) is one of the most important concepts in women's healthcare. The low cervical cancer screening rate for young Japanese women is an urgent issue. Cervical cancer is preventable, and cervical cancer screening behavior is associated with HL.

[Development of a health literacy scale for women of reproductive age: an examination of reliability and validity in a study of female workers].

Objectives: This study aimed to develop a Health Literacy Scale for women of reproductive age by creating an original scale based on a concept analysis of health literacy.

Methods: A 30-item scale was created through an examination of their content validity and face validity based on attributes derived from concept analysis conducted in previous research. The main survey consisted of a self-administered questionnaire distributed to 1,030 female workers between the ages of 20 and 39 residing in the Kinki and Tokai regions of Japan.