Russian Federation

Journal publications

Drapkina, Oxana; Molosnov, Artemii; Tyufilin, Denis; Lopatina, Maria; Medvedev, Viktor; Chigrina, Valeriya; Kobyakova, Olga; Deev, Ivan; Griese, Lennert; Schaeffer, Doris; Griebler, Robert; Tuillet, Polina; Kontsevaya, Anna (2025): Measuring Navigational Health Literacy in Russia: Validation of the HLS19-NAV-RU. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 22/2:156. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22020156  

Lopatina, M.; Berens, E.-M.; Klinger, J.; Levin-Zamir, D.; Kostareva, U.; Aringazina, A.; Drapkina, O.; Pelikan, J.M. (2022). Adaptation of the Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS19-Q) for Russian-Speaking Populations—International Collaboration across Germany, Israel, Kazakhstan, Russia, and the USA. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 3572. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063572 

Lopatina M. et al. (2021). Determinants of health literacy: results of the first population survey in the Russian Federation. Profilakticheskaya Meditsina . 12/31/2021, Vol. 24 Issue 12, p57-64. 8p.

 

Norway

National HLS19 reports

Journal publications

Le, C.; Soberg Finbraten, H.; Griebler, R.; Levin-Zamir, D.; Guttersrud, O. (2025): Ability to Utilize Digital Health Services: Validation of the Digital HealthCare Scale in Adolescents and Young Adults. In: Health Lit Res Pract 9/1:e19-e28. https://doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20241204-01 

Le, Christopher; Guttersrud, Øystein; Levin-Zamir, Diane; Griebler, Robert; Finbråten, Hanne Søberg (2024): Associations between digital health literacy and health system navigating abilities among Norwegian adolescents: validating the HLS19-DIGI scale using Rasch modeling. In: BMC Public Health 24/1:1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19405-w

PhD Dissertation in Health and Welfare

Le, Christopher (2025): Digital- and health literacy in young people aged 16-25: A secondary analysis of HLS19 data collected in Norway. University of Inland Norway. Elverum 

Italy

Journal publications 

Cadeddu, C., Regazzi, L., Bonaccorsi, G., Rosano, A., Unim, B., Griebler, R., Link, T., De Castro, P., D’Elia, R., Mastrilli, V., Palmieri, L. (2022) The Determinants of Vaccine Literacy in the Italian Population: Results from the Health Literacy Survey 2019. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 19, 4429. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/8/4429 

Rosano, A., Lorini, C., Unim, B., Griebler, R., Cadeddu, C.,Regazzi, L., Galeone, D., Palmieri, L. (2022). Coronavirus-Related Health Literacy: A Cross-Sectional Study during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 3807. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073807

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.

 

 

Austria

National HLS19 reports​

Health Literacy Factsheets

Journal Publications

Griebler, R.; Link, T.; Schutze, D.; Straßmayr, C. (2025): Gesundheitskompetenz messen: Methoden und Instrumente zur Erfassung der allgemeinen Gesundheitskompetenz bei Erwachsenen [Measuring health literacy: methods and tools for assessing general health literacy in adults]. In: Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00103-025-04010-y 
 

 

Factsheets on HLS19 instruments

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