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Table 1 Adapted nepali items based on the original item pool of HLS-Child-Q15

From: Adolescents’ understanding of the Nepalese version of HLS-CHILD-Q15: qualitative pre-testing in ninth-graders

Item no.

Based on a scale from “very difficult”, “difficult”, to “easy”, and “very easy”, do not know, how easy or difficult is it for you to…

1

find out how to recover quickly when you have a cold?

2

find out what you can do so that you don’t get too fat or too thin?

3

find out how you can best relax?

4

find out which food is healthy for you?

5

understand when and how you should take your medicine when you are ill?

6

understand what your doctor says to you?

7

understand why you sometimes need to see the doctor even though you are not ill?

8

understand why you need vaccinations?

9

understand what your parents tell you about your health?

10

understand why you need to relax sometimes?

11

judge what helps a lot for you to stay healthy and what does not help much?

12

do what your parents tell you to do so that you can get well again?

13

take your medicine in the way you’re told to?

14

stick to what you have learned in road safety lessons?

15

have a healthy diet?

16

judge what helps or does not help to get rid of a cold?

17

judge the truth of what the doctor tells you in order for you to get well again?

18

judge whether you can trust the media when they warn you about risks to your health?

19

judge whether what may happen to you later if you start smoking is true?

20

judge how where you live (neighborhood, district, street) is connected to your health?

21

judge how your behavior (exercise and diet) is connected to your health?

22

decide when you need to wash your hands?

  1. *Note: 1-15-HLS-Child-Q15, 16 to 22- additional Items from HLS-Child-Q15 development item pool