Health literacy, patient information and counseling

Health literacy is not only essential in coping with health impairments and (chronic) disease, but also in meeting the challenges of maintaining good health, coping with increasingly complex health care systems, and making informed decisions.Health literacy encompasses functional literary skills, as well as the knowledge and ability to search for, understand, evaluate and apply health information.

International studies have already indicated for some time that the health literacy of the population needs to be improved. Recently, this has been confirmed by initial findings from Germany. This research area of the working group 6 intends todevelop viable concepts to measure and strengthen health literacy, information andcounseling, and to augment the availability of data.

Projects

• Health literacy in Germany – Repeat survey of the HLS-GER (HLS-GER 2) (funded by the Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (BMG), duration 2019-2021)
• Health literacy in Germany - Developing a national action plan (funded by the Robert Bosch Foundation, duration 2016-2019)
• Strengthening eHealth Literacy among older people (förges 4) (funded by the Stiftung Wohlfahrtspflege NRW, duration 2018-2021)
• Health literacy among people with migration background in Germany (HLS-MIG (funded by the Robert Bosch Foundation, duration 2018-2021)
• Informed choice in the mammography-screening-programme (InEMa 2.0) – A longitudinal analysis of information- and participation behaviour (funded by the University Bielefeld and Brandenburgischen TU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Laufzeit 2017-2019)

Completed projects

• User-oriented health care for people with chronic conditions and long-term care needs (Projekt B3.2 NuV, duration 2013-2017)
• Health literacy in Germany: The collection of representative data and the development of a materials and methods compilation for consulting/advising (funded by the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, duration 2013-2016)
• Health literacy of vulnerable populations (funded by theNRW Centre for Health, duration 2013-2016)
• Patient information and user counseling – Scientific accompanying research of the model program on consumer and patient counseling according to § 65 b SGB V (funded by the umbrella organizations of the health insurance funds, the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds, duration 2002-2004)
• Evaluation of patient information and counseling for Turkish and Russian speaking migrants (in cooperation with: Independent Patient counseling (UPD), duration 2012-2013)

Publications (selected)

• Schaeffer, D., Vogt, D. & Gille, S. (2019). Gesundheitskompetenz – Perspektive und Erfahrungen von Menschen mit chronischer Erkrankung. Bielefeld: Universität Bielefeld
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• Berens, E.-M., Vogt, D., Ganahl, K., Weishaar, H., Pelikan, J. & Schaeffer, D. (2018): Health Literacy and Health Service Use in Germany. Health Literacy Research and Pracice 2 (2), e115-e122
• Vogt, D., Schmidt-Kaehler, S., Berens, E.-M., Horn, A. & Schaeffer, D. (2018): Stärkung der Gesundheitskompetenz - Entwicklung einer Material- und Methodensammlung für die Pflege- und Patientenberatung. Pflege & Gesellschaft 23 (1), 55-68
• Schaeffer, D., Hurrelmann, K., Bauer, U. & Kolpatzik, K. (Eds.) (2018). National Action Plan Health Literacy - Promoting Health Literacy in Germany. Berlin: KomPart
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• Schaeffer, D., & Pelikan, J. M. (2017). Health Literacy: Forschungsstand und Perspektiven 1.st ed. Bern: Hogrefe.
• Berens, E. - M., Vogt, D., Messer, M., Hurrelmann, K., & Schaeffer, D. (2016). Health literacy among different age groups in Germany: results of a cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health, 16(1), 1151. doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3810-6
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• Schaeffer, D., Vogt, D., Berens, E. - M., & Hurrelmann, K. (2016). Gesundheitskompetenz der Bevölkerung in Deutschland: Ergebnisbericht. Bielefeld: Universität Bielefeld, Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften. doi:10.2390/0070-pub-29081112
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• Schmidt-Kaehler, S., Vogt, D., Berens, E. - M., Horn, A., & Schaeffer, D. (2017). Gesundheitskompetenz - verständlich informieren und beraten: Material- und Methodensammlung zur Verbraucher- und Patientenberatung für Zielgruppen mit geringer Gesundheitskompetenz. Bielefeld: Universität Bielefeld, Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften. doi:10.2390/0070-pub-29081993
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• Vogt, D., Schaeffer, D., Messer, M., Berens, E. - M., & Hurrelmann, K. (2017). Health Literacy in old age: results of a German cross-sectional study. Health Promotion International, 1-9. doi:10.1093/heapro/d
• Schaeffer, D., Berens, E. M., & Vogt, D. (2017). Gesundheitskompetenz der Bevölkerung in Deutschland. Ergebnisse einer repräsentativen Befragung. Deutsches Ärzteblatt 114(4), 53-60
• Quenzel, G., & Schaeffer, D. (2016). Health Literacy - Gesundheitskompetenz vulnerabler Bevölkerungsgruppen. Ergebnisbericht, Bielefeld: Universität Bielefeld, Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2509.1604
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• Vogt, D., Messer, M., Quenzel, G., & Schaeffer, D. (2016). Health Literacy: ein in Deutschland vernachlässigtes Konzept? Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung, 11(1), 46-52.
• Horn, A., Vogt, D., Messer, M., & Schaeffer, D. (2015). Health Literacy von Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund in der Patientenberatung stärken. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz, 58(6), 577-583. doi:10.1007/103-015-2147-0
• Schaeffer D., & Schmidt-Kaehler S. (Eds.) (2012). Lehrbuch Patientenberatung 2., vollständig überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Bern: Huber.

Publications Health Literacy can be found here.

All Publications can be found here.