Background: No comprehensive short-form health literacy (HL) survey tool has been available for general use across Asia. Objective: This study aimed to develop and validate a short-form HL instrument derived from the 47-item European Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q47). Methods: A population survey (N = 10. 024) was conducted from 2013 to 2015 using the HLS-EU-Q47 in 1. https://www.nacrack.com/