[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.