Doris Schaeffer
Biographic Data
| ID | 125541 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Doris Schaeffer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Doris |
| FAMILY NAME | Schaeffer |
| SIGNATURE | SCHAEFFER D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bielefeld University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9238-6865 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Disaster Health Literacy – development and validation of a short measurement instrument in German to supplement the HLS19 instruments
Introduction In many countries, promoting the ability to protect one’s own life and health and to help oneself when faced with adversity is a cornerstone of disaster risk reduction. For this reason, the population must be able to access, understand, assess and apply the information necessary to do so. So far, there have been only a few attempts to define this so-called “Disaster Health Literacy” (DIS-HL), and there is a lack of easy-to-use instru…
Health literacy and chronic disease
Background: Health literacy (HL) is increasingly recognized as essential for preventing and managing chronic illness but also for strengthening health resources and skills. However, studies on HL of people with chronic illness that adopt a multidimensional approach encompassing the three HL domains health care, disease prevention, and health promotion, remain scarce. This study aims to (a) compare HL across these three domains in individuals with…
Measuring digital health literacy and its associations with determinants and health outcomes in 13 countries
Introduction: Digital health information sources are playing an increasingly prominent role in health promotion, public health and in healthcare systems. Consequently, digital health literacy skills are likewise becoming increasingly important. Methods: -DIGI, applied in the European Health Literacy Survey (2019-2021) of the WHO M-POHL network, analyzing data from 28,057 respondents from 13 countries. The instrument is a modified and extended ver…
Measuring Navigational Health Literacy in Russia
Structures and regulations of healthcare systems in many countries have become increasingly complex and difficult for patients and users to navigate. Thus, more than ever before, navigational health literacy (NAV-HL) is needed by patients. There are no data on NAV-HL in Russia due to the lack of suitable concepts and measuring tools. Therefore, the study aimed to validate the HLS 19 navigational health literacy assessment tool (HLS 19 -NAV) for t…
Health literacy and the role of social support in different age groups
Social support is a relevant aspect to improve individuals' health literacy and therefore should be addressed in interventions. However, it is necessary to differentiate between age groups. While both young adults and particularly old-old persons are challenged by health information management, young adults can strongly profit from social support whereas it can barely compensate the low health literacy of old-old persons. In addition, different c…
Differences in health literacy domains among migrants and their descendants in Germany
Background: Health literacy (HL) is considered to be an important precondition for health. HL research often identifies migrants as vulnerable for low HL. However, in-depth data on HL among migrants especially in its domains of health care, disease prevention and health promotion and its determinants are still scarce. Objective: The aim of this study was therefore to analyse the current status of HL among migrants and their descendants from Turke…
HLS19-NAV—Validation of a New Instrument Measuring Navigational Health Literacy in Eight European Countries
To manoeuvre a complex and fragmented health care system, people need sufficient navigational health literacy (NAV-HL). The objective of this study was to validate the HLS 19 -NAV measurement scale applied in the European Health Literacy Population Survey 2019-2021 (HLS 19 ). From December 2019 to January 2021, data on NAV-HL was collected in eight European countries. The HLS 19 -NAV was translated into seven languages and successfully applied in…
The HLS19-COM-P, a New Instrument for Measuring Communicative Health Literacy in Interaction with Physicians
The HLS 19 -COM-P instrument was well accepted in nine countries, in different data collection modes, and could be used to measure COM-HL
Preferences and Experiences of People with Chronic Illness in Using Different Sources of Health Information
Overall, the study provides important starting points for intervention development for the provision and communication of health-related information, but also to research on health information behavior and HL
Coronavirus-Related Health Literacy
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 measur…
Challenges in Navigating the Health Care System
Due to their rapid expansion and complexity, it is increasingly difficult for patients to orient themselves in health care systems. Therefore, patients require a high degree of health literacy, or more precisely, navigation health literacy (HL-NAV). The actual extent of HL-NAV of patients and citizens is still largely unknown due to the lack of adequate measurement instruments. Thus, within the new international Health Literacy Population Survey …
Implementation of the National Action Plan Health Literacy in Germany—Lessons Learned
The promotion of health literacy (HL) has become an important task in public health. In response, in many countries, strategies and action plans to strengthen HL have been developed. Systematic discussion of implementation strategies of action plans on HL is scarce. This paper presents the implementation strategy and the methodical process of its realization of the National Action Plan HL in Germany which was published in 2018. The implementation…
Health literacy in old age
Health literacy is especially important for older people to maintain or enhance remaining health resources and self-management skills. The aim of the study was to determine the level of health literacy and the association between health literacy, demographic and socio-economic factors in German older adults aged 65 years and above stratified by age group. Health literacy was assessed via computer-assisted personal interviews using HLS-EU-Q47 on a…
Health literacy among different age groups in Germany
The results suggest a need to further investigate perceived health literacy in all phases of the life-course. Particular attention should be devoted to persons with lower social status, limited functional health literacy and/or a high number of doctor visits in all age groups
Psychotherapie Zwischen Mythologisierung und Entzauberung
The Health of Women and Girls Determines the Health and Well-Being of Our Modern World
The International Council on Women's Health Issues (ICOWHI) is an international nonprofit association dedicated to the goal of promoting health, health care, and well-being of women and girls throughout the world through participation, empowerment, advocacy, education, and research. We are a multidisciplinary network of women's health providers, planners, and advocates from all over the globe. We constitute an international professional and lay n…
Determining eligibility for long-term care - lessons from Germany
The broader understanding of 'dependency on nursing care' and the new tool are important steps to adapt the German long-term care insurance to the challenges of the demographic and societal changes in the future
The normalization of Aids in Western European countries
Tightrope Walking. Handeln zwischen Pädagogik und Therapie
In meinen Ausführungen steht ein bestimmter Typus pädagogischen Handelns zur Disposition. Es ist jene als Therapie mißverstandene Auffassung pädagogischen Handelns, die — wie ein Blick in die pädagogische Praxis zeigt — in den letzten Jahren zunehmend an Bedeutung gewonnen hat. Von den Kritikern ist sie längst als Therapeutisierung und auch Trivialisierung (Bude 1988) gebrandmarkt. Beides deutet an, was diesen Handlungstypus kennzeichnet. In ihm …
Psychotherapie zwischen Mythologisierung und Entzauberung
Psychotherapie Zwischen Mythologisierung und Entzauberung
Intergenerational Relationships
Strategiepapier #5 zu den Empfehlungen des Nationalen Aktionsplans. Gesundheitskompetenz systematisch erforschen
Strategiepapier #1 zu den Empfehlungen des Nationalen Aktionsplans. Das Erziehungs- und Bildungssystem in die Lage versetzen, die Förderung von Gesundheitskompetenz so früh wie möglich im Lebenslauf z…
Intergenerational Relationships
Psychotherapie zwischen Mythologisierung und Entzauberung
Psychotherapie Zwischen Mythologisierung und Entzauberung
Tightrope Walking. Handeln zwischen Pädagogik und Therapie
In meinen Ausführungen steht ein bestimmter Typus pädagogischen Handelns zur Disposition. Es ist jene als Therapie mißverstandene Auffassung pädagogischen Handelns, die — wie ein Blick in die pädagogische Praxis zeigt — in den letzten Jahren zunehmend an Bedeutung gewonnen hat. Von den Kritikern ist sie längst als Therapeutisierung und auch Trivialisierung (Bude 1988) gebrandmarkt. Beides deutet an, was diesen Handlungstypus kennzeichnet. In ihm …
The normalization of Aids in Western European countries
The Health of Women and Girls Determines the Health and Well-Being of Our Modern World
The International Council on Women's Health Issues (ICOWHI) is an international nonprofit association dedicated to the goal of promoting health, health care, and well-being of women and girls throughout the world through participation, empowerment, advocacy, education, and research. We are a multidisciplinary network of women's health providers, planners, and advocates from all over the globe. We constitute an international professional and lay n…
Determining eligibility for long-term care - lessons from Germany
The broader understanding of 'dependency on nursing care' and the new tool are important steps to adapt the German long-term care insurance to the challenges of the demographic and societal changes in the future
Psychotherapie Zwischen Mythologisierung und Entzauberung
Health literacy among different age groups in Germany
The results suggest a need to further investigate perceived health literacy in all phases of the life-course. Particular attention should be devoted to persons with lower social status, limited functional health literacy and/or a high number of doctor visits in all age groups
Health literacy in old age
Health literacy is especially important for older people to maintain or enhance remaining health resources and self-management skills. The aim of the study was to determine the level of health literacy and the association between health literacy, demographic and socio-economic factors in German older adults aged 65 years and above stratified by age group. Health literacy was assessed via computer-assisted personal interviews using HLS-EU-Q47 on a…
Coronavirus-Related Health Literacy
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 measur…
Challenges in Navigating the Health Care System
Due to their rapid expansion and complexity, it is increasingly difficult for patients to orient themselves in health care systems. Therefore, patients require a high degree of health literacy, or more precisely, navigation health literacy (HL-NAV). The actual extent of HL-NAV of patients and citizens is still largely unknown due to the lack of adequate measurement instruments. Thus, within the new international Health Literacy Population Survey …
Implementation of the National Action Plan Health Literacy in Germany—Lessons Learned
The promotion of health literacy (HL) has become an important task in public health. In response, in many countries, strategies and action plans to strengthen HL have been developed. Systematic discussion of implementation strategies of action plans on HL is scarce. This paper presents the implementation strategy and the methodical process of its realization of the National Action Plan HL in Germany which was published in 2018. The implementation…
Preferences and Experiences of People with Chronic Illness in Using Different Sources of Health Information
Overall, the study provides important starting points for intervention development for the provision and communication of health-related information, but also to research on health information behavior and HL
Differences in health literacy domains among migrants and their descendants in Germany
Background: Health literacy (HL) is considered to be an important precondition for health. HL research often identifies migrants as vulnerable for low HL. However, in-depth data on HL among migrants especially in its domains of health care, disease prevention and health promotion and its determinants are still scarce. Objective: The aim of this study was therefore to analyse the current status of HL among migrants and their descendants from Turke…
HLS19-NAV—Validation of a New Instrument Measuring Navigational Health Literacy in Eight European Countries
To manoeuvre a complex and fragmented health care system, people need sufficient navigational health literacy (NAV-HL). The objective of this study was to validate the HLS 19 -NAV measurement scale applied in the European Health Literacy Population Survey 2019-2021 (HLS 19 ). From December 2019 to January 2021, data on NAV-HL was collected in eight European countries. The HLS 19 -NAV was translated into seven languages and successfully applied in…
The HLS19-COM-P, a New Instrument for Measuring Communicative Health Literacy in Interaction with Physicians
The HLS 19 -COM-P instrument was well accepted in nine countries, in different data collection modes, and could be used to measure COM-HL
Health literacy and the role of social support in different age groups
Social support is a relevant aspect to improve individuals' health literacy and therefore should be addressed in interventions. However, it is necessary to differentiate between age groups. While both young adults and particularly old-old persons are challenged by health information management, young adults can strongly profit from social support whereas it can barely compensate the low health literacy of old-old persons. In addition, different c…
Strategiepapier #5 zu den Empfehlungen des Nationalen Aktionsplans. Gesundheitskompetenz systematisch erforschen
Strategiepapier #1 zu den Empfehlungen des Nationalen Aktionsplans. Das Erziehungs- und Bildungssystem in die Lage versetzen, die Förderung von Gesundheitskompetenz so früh wie möglich im Lebenslauf z…
Disaster Health Literacy – development and validation of a short measurement instrument in German to supplement the HLS19 instruments
Introduction In many countries, promoting the ability to protect one’s own life and health and to help oneself when faced with adversity is a cornerstone of disaster risk reduction. For this reason, the population must be able to access, understand, assess and apply the information necessary to do so. So far, there have been only a few attempts to define this so-called “Disaster Health Literacy” (DIS-HL), and there is a lack of easy-to-use instru…
Health literacy and chronic disease
Background: Health literacy (HL) is increasingly recognized as essential for preventing and managing chronic illness but also for strengthening health resources and skills. However, studies on HL of people with chronic illness that adopt a multidimensional approach encompassing the three HL domains health care, disease prevention, and health promotion, remain scarce. This study aims to (a) compare HL across these three domains in individuals with…
Measuring digital health literacy and its associations with determinants and health outcomes in 13 countries
Introduction: Digital health information sources are playing an increasingly prominent role in health promotion, public health and in healthcare systems. Consequently, digital health literacy skills are likewise becoming increasingly important. Methods: -DIGI, applied in the European Health Literacy Survey (2019-2021) of the WHO M-POHL network, analyzing data from 28,057 respondents from 13 countries. The instrument is a modified and extended ver…
Measuring Navigational Health Literacy in Russia
Structures and regulations of healthcare systems in many countries have become increasingly complex and difficult for patients and users to navigate. Thus, more than ever before, navigational health literacy (NAV-HL) is needed by patients. There are no data on NAV-HL in Russia due to the lack of suitable concepts and measuring tools. Therefore, the study aimed to validate the HLS 19 navigational health literacy assessment tool (HLS 19 -NAV) for t…
Health care (16 works) · Medicine (15 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Health literacy (14 works) · Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (14 works) · Political science (13 works) · Literacy (11 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works)