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National Action Plan Health Literacy in Germany origin, development and structure

  • Aim Health literacy has gained increasing importance worldwide. As a result of several studies indicating low health literacy levels in large parts of the population, strategies and action plans promoting health literacy were developed in many countries. The article analyses the origin, development and structure of the German Health Literacy Action Plan. Subject and methods In 2016, a civil society initiative was formed, aiming at developing a national action plan in an expert-based and collaborative manner. A group of 15 experts elaborated the core elements of the action plan, based on a literature review on existing health literacy approaches, action plans and empirical evidence. These core elements were further developed collaboratively in workshops with key stakeholders, self-help and patient organizations and individual consultation meetings. Afterwards, the National Action Plan was reviewed and previously formulated recommendations were refined before being published. Results and conclusion The National Action Plan Health Literacy in Germany presents 15 recommendations in four areas of action for promoting health literacy in Germany. This bottom-up strategy and the expert-based yet at the same time collaborative approach have proved to be successful when developing a national action plan.

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Metadaten
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Author(s):Doris Schaeffer, Svea Gille, Dominique Vogt, Klaus HurrelmannORCiD
Parent Title (English):Journal of Public Health
Publication year:2021
Publishing Institution:Hertie School
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-021-01616-9
Release Date:2023/02/20
AY 22/23:AY 22/23
Licence of document (German):Metadaten / metadata
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