@article{OkanBollwegBerensetal., author = {Okan, Orkan and Bollweg, Torsten Michael and Berens, Eva-Maria and Hurrelmann, Klaus and Bauer, Ullrich and Schaeffer, Doris}, title = {Coronavirus-Related Health Literacy: A Cross-Sectional Study in Adults during the COVID-19 Infodemic in Germany}, series = {International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health}, volume = {17}, journal = {International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health}, number = {15}, doi = {10.3390/ijerph17155503}, abstract = {There is an "infodemic" associated with the COVID-19 pandemic—an overabundance of valid and invalid information. Health literacy is the ability to access, understand, appraise, and apply health information, making it crucial for navigating coronavirus and COVID-19 information environments. A cross-sectional representative study of participants ≥ 16 years in Germany was conducted using an online survey. A coronavirus-related health literacy measure was developed (HLS-COVID-Q22). Internal consistency was very high (α = 0.940; ρ = 0.891) and construct validity suggests a sufficient model fit, making HLS-COVID-Q22 a feasible tool for assessing coronavirus-related health literacy in population surveys. While 49.9\% of our sample had sufficient levels of coronavirus-related health literacy, 50.1\% had "problematic" (15.2\%) or "inadequate" (34.9\%) levels. Although the overall level of health literacy is high, a vast number of participants report difficulties dealing with coronavirus and COVID-19 information. The participants felt well informed about coronavirus, but 47.8\% reported having difficulties judging whether they could trust media information on COVID-19. Confusion about coronavirus information was significantly higher among those who had lower health literacy. This calls for targeted public information campaigns and promotion of population-based health literacy for better navigation of information environments during the infodemic, identification of disinformation, and decision-making based on reliable and trustworthy information.}, language = {en} } @article{OkanBollwegBaueretal., author = {Okan, Orkan and Bollweg, Torsten Michael and Bauer, Ullrich and Hurrelmann, Klaus and Schaeffer, Doris}, title = {Coronaspezifische Gesundheitskompetenz zu drei Messzeitpunkten}, series = {Public Health Forum}, volume = {30}, journal = {Public Health Forum}, number = {2}, doi = {10.1515/pubhef-2022-0031}, pages = {131 -- 134}, abstract = {Die coronaspezifische Gesundheitskompetenz der Bev{\"o}lkerung in Deutschland lag im Jahr 2020 zwischen 34,8\% und 50,1\%, wobei sie sich im Jahresverlauf signifikant verbessert hatte. Einem großen Teil der Bev{\"o}lkerung f{\"a}llt es nicht immer leicht, mit Gesundheitsinformationen zu Covid-19 umzugehen, so wie es die hier beschriebene HLS-Covid-19 Studie zur coronaspezifischen Gesundheitskompetenz aufzeigt. Die gr{\"o}ßte Herausforderung stellt das Beurteilen von Informationen dar. Die Ergebnisse deuten zudem auf einen sozialen Gradienten f{\"u}r niedrige coronaspezifische Gesundheitskompetenz hin.}, language = {de} }