Publications

Publications on international HLS₁₉ results 

• Short Summary of the HLS₁₉ International Report 
• Executive Summary of the HLS₁₉ International Report 
• HLS₁₉ International Report on the methodology, results and recommendations
• Factsheets on HLS₁₉ instruments
• Articles on HLS₁₉

Publications on national HLS₁₉ results 

• Austria
• Bulgaria
• Czech Republic
• France
• Germany
• Hungary
• Israel
• Italy
• Norway
• Portugal
• Russian Federation
• Switzerland

Publications on HLS-EU (using international data) 

Pelikan, J. M., Straßmayr, C., & Ganahl, K. (2020). Health Literacy Measurement in General and Other Populations: Further Initiatives and Lessons Learned in Europe (and Beyond). In G. D. Logan & E. R. Siegel (Eds.), Health Literacy in Clinical Practice and Public Health. New Initiatives and Lessons Learned at the Intersection with other Disciplines (pp. 170-191): IOS Press.

Pelikan, J.M., Ganahl, K, Van den Broucke, S. and Sørensen, K (2019). Measuring health literacy in Europe: Introducing the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q), in Okan, O, Bauer, U, Pinheiro, P, Levin-Zamir, D. and Sørensen, K (eds.) International Handbook of Health Literacy, Research, practice and policy across the life-span, Policy Press, pp. 115-138.

Pelikan, J. M.; Ganahl, K.; Roethlin, F. (2018): Health literacy as a determinant, mediator and/or moderator of health: empirical models using the European Health Literacy Survey dataset. In: Global Health Promotion 1757-9759; Vol 0(0): 1–10, DOI: 10.1177/1757975918788300 

Pelikan, J. M.; Ganahl, Kristin (2017): Die europäische Gesundheitskompetenz-Studie: Konzept, Instrument und ausgewählte Ergebnisse. In Doris Schaeffer, Jürgen M. Pelikan (Eds.), Health Literacy Forschungsstand und Perspektiven, pp. 93-126

Pelikan, J. M. and Ganahl, K. (2017). Measuring Health Literacy in General Populations: Primary Findings from the HLS-EU Consortium's Health Literacy Assessment Effort. Studies Health Technology Information, 240, pp. 34-59.

Sørensen K., et al. (2015). Health literacy in Europe: comparative results of the European health literacy survey (HLS-EU). The European Journal of Public Health, 25 (6), pp.1053-1058. 

Sørensen, K., et al. (2013). Measuring Health Literacy in Populations: Illuminating the Design and Development Process of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q). BMC Public Health,13 (1), p. 948.

Sørensen, K., et al. (2012). Health Literacy and Public Health: A Systematic Review and Integration of Definitions and Models. BMC Public Health, 12 (1), p. 80.

HLS-EU Consortium (2012). Comparative report of health literacy in eight EU Member States. The European Health Literacy Survey HLS-EU.
    

Video and Infographics on HLS-EU

HLS-EU - Health Literacy – Motiongraphic

HLS-EU - Gesundheitskompetenz (German version)