Publications & References
This page brings together the key documents and references that underpin the work of the WHO Action Network M-POHL. It includes core network documents (such as governance and work structure materials), as well as factsheets and reference materials related to M-POHL’s main activities and projects (including HLS24, OHL and EVPOP).
In addition, the page lists foundational statements and publications that provide scientific and policy context for measuring population and organizational health literacy in Europe, alongside selected WHO reference documents that frame health literacy and health promotion more broadly.
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- M-POHL (2025): Governance and Work structure of the WHO Action Network on Measuring Population and Organizational Health Literacy (M-POHL). International Coordination Center of M-POHL and its projects at the Austrian National Public Health Institute, Vienna
- M-POHL (2023): Assessing Organizational Health Literacy. Factsheet. International Coordination Center of M-POHL and its projects at the Austrian National Public Health Institute, Vienna
- M-POHL (2023): Evidence-based Policy and Practice (EVPOP). Factsheet. International Coordination Center of M-POHL and its projects at the Austrian National Public Health Institute, Vienna
- M-POHL (2023): The Health Literacy Survey 2024-2026 (HLS24). Factsheet. International Coordination Center of M-POHL and its projects at the Austrian National Public Health Institute, Vienna
- M-POHL (2023): The WHO Action Network on Measuring Population and Organizational Health Literacy (M-POHL). Factsheet. International Coordination Center of M-POHL and its projects at the Austrian National Public Health Institute, Vienna
- Dietscher C. and Pelikan J.M. (2019) 'The action network for measuring population and organizational health literacy (M-POHL) and its Health Literacy Survey 2019 (HLS19)', European Journal of Public Health, 29 (4).
- Dietscher, C., Pelikan, J.M., Bobek, J., Nowak P. and World Health Organization- Regional Office for Europe (2019) 'The Action Network on Measuring Population and Organizational Health Literacy (M-POHL): a network under the umbrella of the WHO European Health Information Initiative (EHII)’, Public Health Panorama, 5 (1), pp. 65-71
- M-POHL (2018) Concept Note 'For a WHO Action Network on Measuring Population and Organizational Health Literacy (M-POHL Network) within the European Health Information Initiative (EHII)'. Vienna.
- M-POHL (2018) The Vienna Statement on the measurement of population and organizational health literacy in Europe. Vienna.
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- World Health Organization (2016) 'Shanghai Declaration on promoting health in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development', Geneva: World Health Organization.
- World Health Organization (2021) Geneva Charter for Well-Being, Geneva: World Health Organization. World Health Organization.
- Kickbusch I., Pelikan, J. M., Apfel, F., and Tsouros, A. D. (2013) Health literacy. The solid facts. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe.