fa روانسنجی پرسشنامه سنجش سواد سلامت جمعیت شهری ایران (HELIA) در دانشجویان ● International Health مقاله اصيل پژوهشي Orginal Article <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#2F4F4F;"><strong>Background: </strong></span>Despite the existence of numerous tools to measure health literacy, there is no general agreement on this issue. Researchers around the world have been involved in the development of an instrument to measure health literacy. The psychometric properties of the Health Literacy for Iranian Adults (HELIA) scale have been approved in the general population; however, the validity and reliability of this indigenous questionnaire has not been explored in students. Therefore, due to demographic differences, the present study investigated this questionnaire in a sample of students for structural validity and reliability.&nbsp;<br> <span style="color:#2F4F4F;"><strong>Methods:</strong></span> This cross-sectional study was conducted on 340 dormitory students of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 2016, in Tehran City, Iran. A single-stage cluster sampling technique was used for sampling. Cronbach&rsquo;s alpha coefficient was used to verify the reliability of the questionnaire and the confirmatory factor analysis was used to investigate the validity of the constructs by LISREL software.&nbsp;<br> <span style="color:#2F4F4F;"><strong>Results: </strong></span>The mean&plusmn;SD age of studied students was 22.93&plusmn;4.05 years. The questionnaire had a desirable internal consistency (Cronbach&rsquo;s alpha coefficient: 0.77-0.90) to assess health literacy in participating students. The confirmatory factor analysis result was satisfactory for its overall fitness. (RMSEA=0.095, CFI=0.94, NFI=0.92, NNFI=0.94, SRMR=0.075, X2/df=4.09).&nbsp;<br> <span style="color:#2F4F4F;"><strong>Conclusion:</strong></span> The study findings revealed that HELIA is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring health literacy among students.</p> Health literacy, University students, Psychometric, Health Literacy for Iranian Adults (HELIA) 53 58 http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1395-1&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Rahman Panahi رحمن پناهی peimanpanahi63@yahoo.com 100319475328460017279 100319475328460017279 Yes Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. Ali Ramezankhani علی رمضانخانی aramezankhani@sbmu.ac.ir 100319475328460017280 100319475328460017280 No Department of Health Services, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran. Mahmoud Tavousi محمود طاووسی tavousi@acecr.ac.ir 100319475328460017281 100319475328460017281 No Health Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran. Aliasghar Haeri Mehrizi علی اصغر حائری مهریزی haeri.astat@gmail.com 100319475328460017282 100319475328460017282 No Health Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran. Shamsaddin Niknami شمس الدین نیکنامی niknami6@yahoo.com 100319475328460017283 100319475328460017283 No Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.