[DNVF Memorandum Health Literacy (Part 1) - Background, Relevance, Research Topics and Questions in Health Services Research: Short Version].
Nicole ErnstmannUllrich BauerEva-Maria BerensEva Maria BitzerTorsten Michael BollwegMartin DannerAndrea Dehn-HindenbergMarie Luise DierksErik FarinSandra GroboschFrederik HaarigSarah HalbachAlfons HolledererAndrea IcksChristoph KowalskiUrsula KramerEdmund NeugebauerOrkan OkanJürgen PelikanHolger PfaffJochen SautermeisterDoris SchaefferLaura SchangHilde SchulteAchim SiegelLeonie SundmacherDominique VogtHorst Christian VollmarStephanie StockPublished in: Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)) (2020)
More than half of the German population has difficulties in dealing with health information. It is an important task of health services research to examine how healthcare professionals and health care organizations can meet this challenge. This short version of the DNVF Memorandum Health Literacy (Part 1) defines the terms of individual and organizational health literacy, presents the national and international state of research and ethical aspects of health literacy research in health care settings. Central research topics and future research desiderata are derived.