TY - JOUR A1 - Okan, Orkan A1 - Bollweg, Torsten Michael A1 - Berens, Eva-Maria A1 - Hurrelmann, Klaus A1 - Bauer, Ullrich A1 - Schaeffer, Doris T1 - Coronavirus-Related Health Literacy: A Cross-Sectional Study in Adults during the COVID-19 Infodemic in Germany JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health N2 - 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. Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155503 VL - 17 IS - 15 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Okan, Orkan A1 - Bollweg, Torsten Michael A1 - Bauer, Ullrich A1 - Hurrelmann, Klaus A1 - Schaeffer, Doris T1 - Coronaspezifische Gesundheitskompetenz zu drei Messzeitpunkten JF - Public Health Forum N2 - Die coronaspezifische Gesundheitskompetenz der Bevölkerung in Deutschland lag im Jahr 2020 zwischen 34,8% und 50,1%, wobei sie sich im Jahresverlauf signifikant verbessert hatte. Einem großen Teil der Bevölkerung fällt 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 größte Herausforderung stellt das Beurteilen von Informationen dar. Die Ergebnisse deuten zudem auf einen sozialen Gradienten für niedrige coronaspezifische Gesundheitskompetenz hin. T2 - Corona-specific health literacy at three measurement points KW - coronaspezifische Gesundheitskompetenz; Covid-19; Gesundheitskompetenz; HLS-Covid-Q22; Trendstudie Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1515/pubhef-2022-0031 VL - 30 IS - 2 SP - 131 EP - 134 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bauer, Ullrich A1 - Dierks, Marie-Luise A1 - Hurrelmann, Klaus A1 - Kickbusch, Ilona A1 - Melin, Susanne A1 - Orkan, Okan A1 - Pelikan, Jürgen A1 - Schaeffer, Doris A1 - Schmidt-Kaehler, Sebastian A1 - Sørensen, Kristine T1 - Deutschland braucht mehr Gesundheitskompetenz JF - Gesundheitswesen Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1801-6880 VL - 2022 IS - 84 SP - 415 EP - 418 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weishaar, Heide A1 - Hurrelmann, Klaus A1 - Okan, Orkan A1 - Horn, Annett A1 - Schaeffer, Doris T1 - Framing health literacy: A comparative analysis of national action plans JF - Health Policy N2 - Population and individual deficits in health literacy, and their associated negative health outcomes, have received growing attention in the political arena in recent years. In order to respond to the problem, several governments have adopted national action plans, which outline strategies to improve health literacy. Drawing on the action plans of the USA, Australia, Scotland, and Wales and applying Entman’s concept of framing, this paper analyses how health literacy debates are framed within the political arena as well as the factors that influence framing. Analysing data from policy documents and in-depth expert interviews, this paper identifies relevant frames developed to (i) define the problem of limited health literacy, (ii) provide causal explanations, (iii) rationalise why health literacy requires political action, and (iv) present solutions. The findings indicate that the malleability of the concept allows that a diversity of frames and solutions are promoted, yet risks that debates remain vague. Health literacy seems to have been successfully used to instigate political debates about health system reforms, patient empowerment, and shared decision making. The analysis suggests that health literacy might, if applied strategically, help to focus policy debates on key public health problems and the development of systemic solutions. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.11.012 SN - 0168-8510 VL - 123 IS - 1 SP - 11 EP - 20 ER -