Ullrich Bauer
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Navigating Normativity: How German Youth Discuss Activism in a Global Context Open
In the past decade, youth activism has gained visibility in European public discourse. It has also been integrated into the UN's Sustainable Development Goals under the Global Citizenship Education framework. Nonetheless, we have only a li…
Evaluating the effect of an adapted mental health literacy intervention on mental health related stigma among secondary students in Germany: results of a pre-post evaluation study Open
Background Most mental health problems develop during youth, with about three quarter emerging before age 25. In adolescence, stigmatizing attitudes related to mental illness become more nuanced and consolidate into one’s belief system. As…
The effects of an adapted mental health literacy curriculum for secondary school students in Germany on mental health knowledge and help-seeking efficacy: results of a quasi-experimental pre-post evaluation study Open
Background Because the majority of mental illnesses develop early in life, effective preventative public mental health interventions are needed. Interventions fostering mental health literacy can be used to enhance personal resources and c…
The Long-Term Effectiveness of Interventions Addressing Mental Health Literacy and Stigma of Mental Illness in Children and Adolescents: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Open
Objectives: This study aims to provide a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature on the long-term effects of interventions addressing children’s and adolescents’ mental health literacy and/or stigmatizing attitudes. Methods: …
View article: The relationship between health literacy, health status and health outcomes among German 4th-graders
The relationship between health literacy, health status and health outcomes among German 4th-graders Open
Background The WHO describes Health literacy (HL) as a critical determinant of health, and a number of studies among adults link low HL to adverse health outcomes. However, little research has been conducted on HL and health outcomes in yo…
Evaluation of a school-based intervention to promote mental health literacy. Preliminary results Open
Background Mental illness is one of the leading causes of ill-health and disability. The current COVID-19 pandemic poses an additional challenge on mental health, e.g., through increased levels of anxiety, depression and fears about the fu…
Corona-specific Health Literacy in Germany : Second survey of the HLS-COVID-19 trend study. Short Summary Report Open
This is the English short summary of the original German Report (https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2950307)
Expert Recommendations for Health Literacy Policies addressing Children and Adolescents Open
Background There is an on-going and a well observable uptake of health literacy in the national and international agenda-setting pertaining to the development of new policy strategies to address the issue of promoting health literacy in wh…
Concept and Strategy for Implementing the National Action Plan on Health Literacy in Germany Open
Background In Germany, the development of the National Action Plan on Health Literacy (NAP) was triggered by results of the HLS-GER, the first representative study on HL in Germany, showing that more than half of the German population perc…
Teacher Mental Health Literacy: Results from a State-wide Survey in Schools Open
Background Teachers have an important role to play in context of mental health literacy (MHL) promotion of school-aged children. Their MHL is seen as the counterpart of student`s health literacy. Especially vulnerable schoolchildren such a…
Promoting mental health literacy in schools Open
Background Adolescence is the most suitable time for health promotion and prevention programs regarding mental illness to start. Given that, about half of the mental illnesses will develop by the age of 14, addressing this issue early in t…
Coronavirus-Related Health Literacy: A Cross-Sectional Study in Adults during the COVID-19 Infodemic in Germany Open
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…
View article: Adapting the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire for Fourth-Grade Students in Germany: Validation and Psychometric Analysis
Adapting the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire for Fourth-Grade Students in Germany: Validation and Psychometric Analysis Open
Background: Until now, children younger than age 13 years have received little attention in research on health literacy. Although some tools assess children's health literacy, no validated tool is available that assesses self-reported heal…
View article: Adapting the European Health Literacy Survey for Fourth-Grade Students in Germany: Questionnaire Development and Qualitative Pretest
Adapting the European Health Literacy Survey for Fourth-Grade Students in Germany: Questionnaire Development and Qualitative Pretest Open
Background: Promoting health literacy in early life is regarded as an important means of sustaining health literacy and health over the life course. However, little evidence is available on children's health literacy, partly due to a scarc…
View article: Exploring Associated Factors of Subjective Health Literacy in School-Aged Children
Exploring Associated Factors of Subjective Health Literacy in School-Aged Children Open
Low health literacy is considered to lead to worse health-related outcomes and behaviors and has therefore been recognized as a social determinant of health. While health literacy and its potential determinants have been studied in adults,…
Health literacy policy-making regarding children and adolescents Open
Background There is an on-going and a well observable uptake of health literacy in the national and international agenda setting pertaining the development of new policy strategies to address the issue of promoting health literacy in whole…
Social Health Literacy Assets Open
Namely, the social and cultural resources one can access via present social support structures in the close social environment (family/peer/community context).T his also points to the importance of the health literacy available to individu…
Situational Attributes of an Occasion in which Health Literacy is Relevant Open
Namely, characteristics and demands of a given environment in which health literacy interactions-specifically the interaction with information or the health care settingtake place and that promote or hinder children in making use of indivi…
Individual Health Literacy Assets Open
Namely, the personal cognitive and habitual characteristics/attributes including the child's independent knowledge along with abilities such as the ability to change, belief systems, cultural norms, and motivations.
Target-group-centred health literacy definition for children and young people Open
Health literacy of children and young people starts early in life and can be defined as a social and relational construct.It encompasses how health-related, multimodal information from various sources is accessed, understood, appraised, an…
Child and Youth Health Literacy: A Conceptual Analysis and Proposed Target-Group-Centred Definition Open
(1) Background: This article adopts an interdisciplinary perspective to analyse, examine, and reflect upon prominent health literacy (HL) understandings in childhood and youth. (2) Method: The conceptual analysis combined Rodgers’ and Jaba…
The social embeddedness of health literacy Open
Health literacy has received great attention as a risk factor or as an asset for health as well as being a powerful mediator of the social determinants of health (Nutbeam, 2008; Kickbusch et al, 2013). Whereas the aspect of mediating socia…
The social embeddedness of health literacy Open
Health literacy has received great attention as a risk factor or as an asset for health as well as being a powerful mediator of the social determinants of health (Nutbeam, 2008; Kickbusch et al, 2013). Whereas the aspect of mediating socia…
The social embeddedness of health literacy Open
Health literacy has received great attention as a risk factor or as an asset for health as well as being a powerful mediator of the social determinants of health (Nutbeam, 2008; Kickbusch et al, 2013). Whereas the aspect of mediating socia…
International Handbook of Health Literacy : Research, practice and policy across the lifespan Open
Okan O, Bauer U, Levin-Zamir D, Pinheiro P, Sørensen K, eds. International Handbook of Health Literacy : Research, practice and policy across the lifespan. Bristol: Policy Press, University of Bristol; 2019.
Generic health literacy measurement instruments for children and adolescents: a systematic review of the literature Open
Despite the reported paucity of health literacy research involving children and adolescents, an unexpected number of health literacy measurement studies in children's populations was found. Most instruments tend to measure their own specif…