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In Deutschland existiert seit gut 2 Jahren ein Nationaler Aktionsplan (NAP) zur Förderung der Gesundheitskompetenz der Bevölkerung [1]. Er ist in kurzer Zeit zu einem viel zitierten Referenzwerk für Theorie und Praxis geworden. Der Plan mit 15 detailliert ausgearbeiteten Empfehlungen wurde anders als in anderen Ländern nicht von einer von der Regierung eingesetzten Kommission erarbeitet, sondern von einer zivilgesellschaftlichen Initiative: einem Expertenkreis von Wissenschaftlern unterschiedlicher Disziplinen, einigen Vertretern der Praxis und einigen Repräsentanten der Politik.
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.