Germany

National HLS19 reports

Journal publications

Griese, Lennert; Schaeffer, Doris (2025): Health literacy and chronic disease: a comparison of somatic and mental illness. Frontiers in public health 13. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1523723/full#ref17

Schaeffer D., Griese L., Klinger J. (2023) Navigationale Gesundheitskompetenz der Bevölkerung in Deutschland (Navigational health literacy of the population in Germany). Das Gesundheitswesen.

Schaeffer D., Gille S.,  Berens E.-M., Griese L., Klinger J., Vogt D.,  Hurrelmann K. (2023) Digitale Gesundheitskompetenz der Bevölkerung in Deutschland: Ergebnisse des HLS-GER 2 (Digital Health Literacy of the Population in Germany: Results of the HLS-GER 2). Gesundheitswesen 2023; 85(04): 323-331. DOI: 10.1055/a-1670-7636

Klinger, J., Berens, E.-M., Schaeffer, D. (2023). Health literacy and the role of social support in different age groups: results of a German cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health; 23, 2259. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17145-x 

Klinger J., Berens E.-M., Carol S., Schaeffer D. (2023). Gesundheitskompetenz von Personen mit ex-sowjetischem und türkischem Migrationshintergrund in Deutschland (Health Literacy of People with Former Soviet Union and Turkish Migration Background in Germany). Gesundheitswesen. DOI: 10.1055/a-2035-9107

Berens, E.-M., Klinger, J., Carol, S., Schaeffer, D. (2022) Differences in health literacy domains among migrants and their descendants in Germany. Frontiers in public health, 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.988782.

Gille, S., Griese, L., & Schaeffer, D. (2021). Preferences and Experiences of People with Chronic Illness in Using Different Sources of Health Information: Results of a Mixed-Methods Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(24), 13185.

Griese, L., Schaeffer, D. and Berens, E.-M. (2022): Navigational health literacy among people with chronic illness. Chronic Illness 1-12. DOI: 10.1177/17423953211073368

Schaeffer, D., Berens, E.-M., Vogt, D., Gille, S., Griese, L., Klinger, J., & Hurrelmann, K. (2021). Health Literacy in Germany: Findings of a Representative Follow-up Survey. Deutsches Arzteblatt international, 118(43), 723.

Griese, L., Berens, E-M., Nowak, P. Pelikan, J.M. and Schaeffer, D. (2020). Challenges in Navigating the Health Care System: Development of an Instrument Measuring Navigation Health Literacy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 (16). doi 10.3390/ijerph17165731.

Schaeffer D., Klinger J., Berens E., Gille S., Griese L., Vogt D. and Hurrelmann K. (2021). Gesundheitskompetenz in Deutschland vor und während der Corona-Pandemie (Health Literacy in Germany before and during the COVID-19 
Pandemic). Thieme Verlag: Stuttgart.