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  • Agormedah, E.K., Ankomah, F., Srem-Sai, M., Nugba, R.M., Quansah, F., Hagan, Jr., J.E., Okan, O., Dadaczynski, K., Schack, T. (2023). Effects of Gender and Age Interaction on Sense of Coherence and Subjective Well-Being of Senior High School Students in Northern Ghana. Educ. Sci. 2024, 14, 178. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14020178.
  • Dadaczynski, K., Messer, M., Okan, O. (2024). Gesundheitskompetenz von Studierenden. Befunde & Interventionsansätze. Public Health Forum (Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 109-112). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/pubhef-2023-0161.
  • Marchant, E., Dowd, J., Bray, L., Rowlands, G., Miles, N., Crick, T., James, M., Dadaczynski, M., Okan, O. (2024). The well-being and work-related stress of senior school leaders in Wales and Northern Ireland during COVID-19 “educational leadership crisis”: A cross-sectional descriptive study. PLoS ONE 19(4): e0291278. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291278.
  • Rongmei Liu, Qiuping Zhao, Mingyang Yu, Hui Chen, Xiaomo Yang, Shuaibin Liu, Orkan Okan, Shuaijun Guo (2024). Measuring General Health Literacy in Chinese Adults: Validation of the HLS19-Q12 Instrument. BMC Public Health, 24, 1036 (2024). https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3588757/v1.
  • Rubeena Zakar, Ruhma Shahzad, Fizza Tariq, Muhammad Zakria Zakar, Kevin Dadaczynski, Orkan Okan (2024). COVID-19 Health Literacy and Situational Experiences of School Principals in Punjab, Pakistan: Findings from an Online Survey. Discover Public Health, 21:8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-024-00130-z.
  • Sakellari, E., Okan, O., Dadaczynski, K., Koutentakis, K., Lagiou, A. (2024). Digital health literacy and information-seeking on the internet in relation to COVID-19 among University students in Greece. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine Update, 5, 100139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpbup.2024.100139.
  • Thomas, S., Francis, J., Hennessy, M., Frazer, K., Godziewski, C., Douglass, C., Okan, O., Daube, M. (2024). The year in review—Health Promotion International 2023. Health Promotion International, 2024, XX, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daad181.

  • Beck, F., Marzi, I., Renninger, D., Demetriou, Y., Engels, E. S., Niermann, C., & Reimers, A. K. (2023). Associations of parents’ and adolescents’ active travel behavior across various destinations – a sex/gender analysis. BMC Public Health, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15428-x
  • Bonaccorsi, G., Cosmac, C., Buscemi, P., Vettori, V., Paolic, S., Lastrucci, V., Allodola V.F., Moscadelli, A., Zanobini, P., Okan, O., Dadaczynski, K., Lorini, C. (2022´3). Do demographic and socio-economic factors predict Sense of Coherence among university students?. Ann Ist Super Sanità 2023 | Vol. 59, No. 4: 251-259. https://doi.org/10.4415/ANN_23_04_03. 
  • Bonaccorsi, G., Gallinoro, V., Guida, A., Morittu, C., Allodola, V.F., Lastrucci, V., Zanobini, P., Okan, O., Dadaczynski, K., Lorini, C. (2023). Digital Health Literacy and Information-Seeking in the Era of COVID-19: Gender Differences Emerged from a Florentine University Experience. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(3), 2611; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032611.
  • Fretian, A. M., Kirchhoff, S., Okan, O. (2023). 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 pre-post evaluation study. Front. Public Health 11:1219925. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1219925.
  • Kayi, I., Uzunköprü, G., Dadazynski, K., Soylar, P., Otludil, B., Dündar, P., Bakırcı, N., Okan, O., Sakarya, S. (2023). Gender differences in sense of coherence among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey. Health Promotion International, Volume 38, Issue 3, June 2023, daad048, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daad048.
  • Khanal, S. P., Budhathoki, C. B., Okan, O. (2023). Improving adolescent health literacy through school-based health literacy intervention: a mixed-method study protocol. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 407. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15316-4.
  • Kirchhoff, S., Fretian, A. M., Okan, O., & Bauer, U. (2023). 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. BMC public health, 23(1), 1959. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16825-y 10.2196/43373.
  • Leksy, K., Wójciak, M., Gawron, G., Muster, R. Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O. (2023). Work-Related Stress of Polish School Principals during the COVID-19 Pandemic as a Risk Factor for Burnout. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 805. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010805.
  • Lorini, C. Del Riccio, M., Zanobini, P., Biasio, L. R., Bonanni, P., Duccio, G., Ferro Allodola, V., Guazzini, A., Maghrebi, O., Lastrucci, V., Rigon, L., Okan, O., Sørensen, K., Bonaccorsi, G. (2023). Vaccination as a social practice: towards a definition of personal, community, population, and organizational vaccine literacy. BMC Public Health 23, 1501 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16437-6.
  • Lorini, C., Cavallo, G., Vettori, V., Buscemic, P. Ciardic, G., Zanobinia, P., Okan, O., Dadaczynski, K., Lastrucci, V., Bonaccorsi. G. (2023). Predictors of well-being, future anxiety, and multiple recurrent health complaints among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of socioeconomic determinants, sense of coherence, and digital health literacy. Front. Public Health 11:1210327. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1210327.
  • Marzi, I., Beck, F., Engels, E., Renninger, D., Demetriou, Y., & Reimers, A. K. (2023). Adolescents' travel behavior in Germany: Investigating transport mode choice considering destination, travel distance, and urbanization. Journal of Transport Geography, 112, 103694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2023.103694.
  • Müller Kristensen, R., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Simovska, V. (2023). Relationships between COVID-related health literacy,mental health and workload of school leaders. Health Education Journal. 1 –15. https://doi.org/10.1177/00178969231211853.
  • Okan, O., Messer, M., Levin-Zamir, D., Paakkari, L., Sørensen, K. (2023). Health Literacy as a Social Vaccine in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Health Promotion International. 1;38(4): daab197, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab197.
  • Okan, O., Messer., M., Levin-Zamir, D., Dadaczynski, K., Paakkari, L., Schaeffer, D., Sørensen (2023). Health literacy action framework for health emergencies and infodemics. Information Services and Use. 43,2. 115–130. https://doi.org/10.3233/ISU-230193.
  • Okan, O., Paakkari, L., Jourdan, D., Barnekow, V., Weber, M. W. (2023) The urgent need to address health literacy in schools. Lancet 2023; 401:344. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00104-6.
  • Öztürk, F.Ö., Sönmez, S., Soylar, S., Okan, O., Dadaczynski, K. (2023). Coronavirus-Related Health Literacy Levels Among School Administrators and Influencing Factors. Health Promotion International, 2023, 38, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daad081.
  • Quansah, F., Ankomah, F., Agormedah, E., Ntumi, S., Hagan Jnr, J.E., Srem-Sai, M., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Thomas, S. (2023). A Cross-sectional study of University Students’ Pocket Money Variance and its Relationship with Digital Health Literacy and Subjective Well-being in Ghana. Health Science Reports. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.1095.
  • Quansah, F., Ankomah, F., Agormedah, E.K., Hagan Jr., J.E., Frimpong, J.B., Srem-Sai, M., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Schack, T. (2023). Subjective social status and well-being of adolescents and young adults in Ghanaian schools: conditional process analysis. BMC Psychology (2023) 11:122. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01158-7.
  • Renninger, D., Reimers, A. K., Marzi, I., Beck, F., Krieger, C., & Demetriou, Y. (2023). How do adolescents experience the decision-making process on travel mode choice? Health Promotion International, 38(6). https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daad147.
  • Rivadeneira, M.F., Salvador, C., Araujo, L., Caicedo-Gallardo, J.C., Cóndor, J., Torres, A.L., Miranda-Velasco, M.J., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O. (2022). Digital literacy in health and subjective wellbeing in the context of COVID-19: A cross-sectional study among university students in Ecuador. Frontiers in Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1052423.
  • Rouvinen Hanna, R., Hannele, T., Pirjo, L., Jaana M.F., Arja, R., Leena, R., Markus, K., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Marjorita, S. (2022). Online health information-seeking behaviour and mental well-being among Finnish higher education students during COVID-19. Health Promotion International, 2023, 38, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daad143.
  • Tristram, C., Reimers, A. K., Renninger, D., Beck, F., Demetriou, Y., & Marzi, I. (2023). Parental perspectives on the decision-making process on transport mode choice in adolescents: a qualitative study with mothers and fathers. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1227612.
  • Shanti Prasad Khanal, S.P., Budhathoki, C.B., Bollweg, T.M., Okan, O. (2023). Adolescents' Understanding of the Nepalese Version of HLS-CHILD-Q15: Qualitative Pre-testing in Ninth-graders. BMC Public Health, 24:851. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18329-9.
  • Srem-Sai, M., Ankomah, F., Agormedah, E.K., Quansah, F., Hagan Jr., J.E., Okan, O., Dadaczynski, K., Schack, T. (2024). Investigating age-related COVID-19 digital health literacy and sense of coherence among adolescents and young adults in schools across Northern Ghana. BMC Digit Health 2, 7 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s44247-024-00063-2.

  • Okan, O., Messer, M., Levin-Zamir, D., Paakkari, L Sørensen, K. (2022). Health Literacy as a Social Vaccine in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Health Promotion International. daab197, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab197.
  • Okan, O., Bollweg, T. M., Bauer, U., Hurrelmann, K., Janner, C., Schaeffer, D. (2022). Coronaspezifische Gesundheitskompetenz zu drei Messzeitpunkten [Corona-specific health literacy at three measurement points]. Public Health Forum. Themenheft Gesundheitskompetenz. Public Heath Forum. 30(2). https://doi.org/10.1515/pubhef-2022-0031.
  • Schulenkorf, T., Sørensen, K., Okan, O. (2022). International understandings of health literacy in childhood and adolescence – a qualitative-explorative analysis of global expert interviews. Int J Env Res Pub Hea. 19(3), 1591; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031591.
  • Kirchhoff, S., Okan, O. (2022). Gesundheitskompetente Schule: Konzeptentwicklung für organisationale Gesundheitskompetenz in der Schule [Health Literate Schools: Development of a concept of organisational health literacy in the schools]. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz volume 65, pages 795–802. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-022-03546-7.
  • Paakkari, L., & Okan, O. (2022). The Children of Risk Communication. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 14034948221110409. https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948221110409.
  • Kirchhoff, S., Dadaczynski, K., Pelikan, J.M., Zelinka-Roitner, I., Dietscher, C., Bittlingmayer, U.H., Okan, O. (2022). Organizational Health Literacy in Schools: Concept Development for Health-Literate Schools. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(14), 8795; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148795.
  • Schulenkorf, T., Kirchhoff, S., Okan, O. (2022). Unterrichtsprogramm zur Stärkung der Gesundheitskompetenz von Jugendlichen [Teaching material to promote health literacy in adolescents in schools]. Public Health Forum. Themenheft Gesundheitskompetenz. Public Heath Forum. 30(2). https://doi.org/10.1515/pubhef-2022-0025.
  • Kirchhoff, S., Schulenkorf, T., Okan, O. (2022). Organisationale Gesundheitskompetenz im Schulsetting [Organisational health literacy in the school setting]. Public Health Forum. Themenheft Gesundheitskompetenz. Public Heath Forum. 30(2). https://doi.org/10.1515/pubhef-2022-0024.
  • Dadaczynski, K., Messer, M., Rathmann, K., Okan, O. (2022). Digitale Gesundheitskompetenz auch ein Thema für Studierende? Ergebnisse aus dem internationalen COVID-HL Netzwerk [Digital health literacy – a topic for university students? Results from the global Covid-HL Network]. Public Health Forum. Themenheft Gesundheitskompetenz. Public Heath Forum. 30(2). https://doi.org/10.1515/pubhef-2022-0014.
  • Messer, M., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O. (2022). Gesundheitskompetenz [Health literacy]. Public Health Forum. Themenheft Gesundheitskompetenz. Public Heath Forum. 30(2). https://doi.org/10.1515/pubhef-2022-0033.
  • Lau, S.S.S., Shum, E., Man, J.O.T., Cheung, E.T.H., Amoah, P.A., Leung, A.Y.M., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O. (2022). COVID-19-Related Health Literacy of School Leaders in Hong Kong: A Cross-Sectional Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(19), 12790; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912790.
  • Paakkari, L., Okan, O., Torppa, M. (2022). “Missed” information: a moral failing that erodes efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Int J Public Health, 14/2022. https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2021.1604667.
  • Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Messer, M. (2022). Schulische Gesundheitsförderung in pandemischen Zeiten. Ergebnisse der COVID-HL-Schulleitungsstudie [School health promotion during pandemic times. Results of the global Covid-HL school principals study]. Bundesgesundheitsbl 65, 758–767. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-022-03535-w.
  • Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., De Bock, F., Koch-Gromus, U. (2022). Schulische Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention in Deutschland. Aktuelle Themen, Umsetzung und Herausforderungen [School health promotion and prevention in Germany. Contemporary topics, implementations and challenges]. Bundesgesundheitsbl 65, 737–740. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-022-03558-3.
  • Lorini, C., Velasco, V., Bonaccorsi, G., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Zanobini, P., & Vecchio, L. P. (2022). Validation of the COVID-19 Digital Health Literacy Instrument in the Italian Language: A Cross-Sectional Study of Italian University Students. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(10), 6247. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19106247.
  • Htay, M. N. N., Parial, L. L., Tolabing, M. C., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Leung, A. Y. M., & Su, T. T. (2022). Digital health literacy, online information-seeking behaviour, and satisfaction of Covid-19 information among the university students of East and South-East Asia. PloS one, 17(4), e0266276. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266276.
  • Marchant, E., Lowthian, E., Crick, T., Griffiths, L., Fry, R., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., James, M., Cowley, L., Torabi, F., Kennedy, J., Akbari, A., Lyons, R., Brophy, S. (2022). Pre-COVID-19 pandemic health-related behaviours in children (2018-2020) and association with being tested for SARS-CoV-2 and testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 (2020-2021): a retrospective cohort study using survey data linked with routine health data in Wales, UK. BMJ Open. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061344.
  • Frings, D., Sykes, S., Ojo, A., Rowlands, G., Trasolini, A., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Wills, J. (2022). Differences in digital health literacy and future anxiety between health care and other university students in England. BMC Public Health, 22(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13087-y.
  • Duong, T.V., Nguyen, M.H., Lai, C.-F., Chen, S.-C., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Lin, C.-Y. (2022) COVID-19-related fear, stress and depression in school principals: impacts of symptoms like COVID-19, information confusion, health-related activity limitations, working hours, sense of coherence and health literacy, Annals of Medicine, 54:1, 2064-2077, https://doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2022.2101688.
  • Rosário, R., Fronteira, I., Martins, M.R.O., Augusto, C., Silva, M.S., Messer, M., Martins, S., Duarte, A., Ramos, N.N.V., Rathmann, K., Okan, O., Dadaczynski, K. (2022) Infodemic preparedness and COVID-19: searching about public health and social measures is associated with digital health literacy in university students. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(19), 12320; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912320.
  • Martins, S., Augusto, C., Martins, M.R.O. ,Silva, M.J., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Duarte, A., Fronteira, I., Neida Ramos, N., Rosário, R. (2022). Validation and adaptation of the Digital Health Literacy Scale for Portuguese university students. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. Health Promot J Austral. 2022;00:1–9. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.580.
  • Chun, H., Park, E.J., Choi, S.K., Yoon, H., Okan, O., Dadaczynski, K. (2022). Validating the Digital Health Literacy Instrument in Relation to COVID-19 Information (COVID-DHL-K) among South Korean Undergraduates. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(6), 3437; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063437.
  • Bak, C. K., Krammer, J. Ø., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., von Seelen, J., Prinds, C., Søbjerg, L.M., Klakk, H. (2022). Digital Health Literacy and Information-Seeking Behavior among University College Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study from Denmark. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(6), 3676. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063676.
  • Stock, S., Isselhard, A., Jünger, S., Peters, S., Schneider, G., Haarig, F., Halbach, S., Okan, O., Fischer, F., Bollweg, T. M., Bauer, U., Schaeffer, D., Vogt, D., Berens, E., Ernstmann, N., Bitzer, E. M. (2021). Deutsches Netzwerk für Versorgungsforschung (DNVF) – Memorandum Gesundheitskompetenz Teil II: Operationalisierung und Messung von Gesundheitskompetenz aus Sicht der Versorgungsforschung [DNVF Memorandum Health Literacy (Part 2) – Operationalisation and Measuring of Health Literacy from a Health Services Research Perspective]. Gesundheitswesen 2022; 84: e26–e41. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1807-0853.
  • Zeeb, H., Bauer, U., Brandes, M., Forberger, S., Gelius, P., Muellmann, S., Okan, O., Pfeifer, K., Renner, B., Wright, M. (2022). Perspektivpapier „Zukunft Präventionsforschung“. Koordinierte Forschung zu Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung - aktuell und in der Zukunft [Perspective paper „future of prevention research.“ Coordinated prevention and health promotion research in the present and future]. Gesundheitswesen. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1816-3398.
  • Quansah, F., Ankomah, F., Agormedah, E.K., Abieraba, R.S.K., Srem-Sai, M., Hagan Jr., J.E., Okan, O., Dadaczynski, K., Schack, T. (2022). COVID‐digital health literacy and subjective well‐being of students in Ghana: Mediation‐moderation analyses. Health Science Reports, 5(6), e916. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.916.
  • Lau, S.S.S., Shum, E., Man, J.O.T., Cheung, E.T.H., Amoah, P.A., Leung, A.Y.M., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O. (2022). Assessing COVID-19-related health literacy and associated factors among school teachers in Hong Kong, China. Front. Public Health 10:1057782. https://doi:10.3389/fpubh.2022.1057782.
  • Lau, S.S.S., Shum, E., Man, J.O.T., Cheung, E.T.H., Amoah, P.A., Leung, A.Y.M., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O. (2022). A cross-sectional study of the perceived stress, wellbeing and their relations with work-related behaviours among Hong Kong school leaders the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 15777. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315777.

  • Freţian, A. M., Graf, P., Kirchhoff, S., Glinphratum, G., Bollweg, T. M., Sauzet, O., & Bauer, U. (2021). The long-term effectiveness of interventions addressing mental health literacy and stigma of mental illness in children and adolescents: systematic review and meta-analysis. International journal of public health, 66.
  • Okan, O., Kirchhoff, S. (2021). Gesundheitskompetente Schulen. Schüler, Personal und Schulorganisation stärken. Pädagogik. 7/2021.
  • Kirchhoff, S., Okan, O. (2021). Organisationale Gesundheitskompetenz an Schulen. Landesvereinigung für Gesundheit und Akademie für Sozialmedizin Niedersachsen e. V. Impu!se für Gesundheitsförderung, 4/113.
  • Dadazcynski, K.,* Okan, O.,* Messer, M., Leung, A.Y.M. Rafaela, R., Darlington, E., Rathmann, K. (2021). Digital Health Literacy and Web-Based Information-Seeking Behaviors of University Students in Germany During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Survey Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 23(1):e24097. doi: 10.2196/24097. (*joint first authorship)
  • Dadazcynski K.,* Okan, O.,* Messer, M., Rathmann, K. (2021). University students´ sense of coherence, future worries and mental health. Findings from the German COVID-HL-Survey. Health Promotion International, daab070, doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab070. (*joint first author)
  • Verschuuren, M., Okan, O. (2021). E-collection – Health literacy. Editorial for the European Public Health Week 2021 of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA). European Journal of Public Health.
  • Vrdelja, M., Vrbovšek, S., Klopčič, V., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O. (2021). Facing the Growing COVID-19 Infodemic: Digital Health Literacy and Information-Seeking Behaviour of University Students in Slovenia. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(16), 8507; doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168507.
  • Schulenkorf, T., Krah, V., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O. (2021). Addressing health literacy in schools in Germany: Concept analysis of the mandatory digital and media literacy school curriculum. Frontiers in Public Health. Front. Public Health 9:687389. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.687389.
  • Sørensen, K., Okan, O., Kondilis, B., Levin-Zamir, D. (2021). Social distancing to physical distancing: calling for a change in the health promotion vocabulary to enhance clear communication during a pandemic. Global Health Promotion. 1757-9759; Vol 0(0): 1–10; 986126. doi: 10.1177/1757975920986126.
  • Sørensen, K., Levin-Zamir, Diane, Van Duong, T., Okan, O., Brasil, V.V., Nutbeam, D. (2021). Building health literacy system capacity: a framework for health literate systems Health Promotion International 36(S1):13-23, doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab153.
  • Levin-Zamir, D. Sørensen, K., Messer, M., Su, T.T., Sentell, T., Pleasant, A., Saboga-Nunes, L., Rowlands, G., Okan, O. (2021). Health Promotion Preparedness for Health Crises – A “Must” or “Nice to Have”? Case Studies and Global Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Global Health Promotion.  DOI: 10.1177/1757975921998639/
  • Dadazcynski K., Kotarski, C., Rathmann, K. Okan, O. (2021) Health literacy and mental health of school principals. Results from a German cross-sectional survey. Health Education, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. doi.org/10.1108/HE-10-2020-0094.
  • Dodd, R.H., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Kirsten J. (2021). McCaffery, Kristen Pickles. Psychological wellbeing and academic experience of university students in Australia during COVID-19. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(3), 866; doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18030866.
  • Dadazcynski, K.,* Okan, O.,* Messer, M., Rathmann, K. (2021). Erlebte Probleme mit Gesundheitshinweisen. Onlinebefragung zu digitaler Gesundheitskompetenz in der Covid-19-Pandemie. MVF 01/2021, S. 38-39, doi.org/10.24945/MVF.01.21.1866-0533.2277.
  • Leung, A.Y.M., Parial, L.L., Tolabing, C.C., Sim, T., Mo, P., Okan, O., Dadaczynski, K. (2021). Sense of coherence mediates the relationship between digital health literacy and anxiety about the future in aging population during the COVID-19 pandemic: A path analysis. Aging & Mental Health. 1-10. doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2020.1870206.
  • Duong, T.V., Lin, C.-Y., Chen, S.-H., Huang, Y.-K., Okan, O., Dadaczynski, K., Lai, C.-F. (2021). Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in School Principals: Impacts of Gender, Well-being, and Coronavirus-related Health Literacy. Vaccines, 9(9), 985; doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9090985.
  • Nguyen, L.H.T., Vo, M.T.H., Tran, L.T.M., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Murray, L., Vo, T. V. (2021). Digital health literacy about COVID-19 as a factor mediating the association between the importance of online information search and psychological well-being among Vietnamese university students. Frontiers in Digital Health.
  • Patil, U., Kostareva, U., Hadley, M., Manganello, J.A., Okan, O., Dadaczynski, K., Massey, P.M., Agner, J., Sentell, T. (2021). Health Literacy, Digital Health Literacy, and COVID-19 Pandemic Attitudes and Behaviors in U.S. College Students: Implications for Interventions. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 3301. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063301.
  • Hahnraths, M.T.H, Heijmans, M., Bollweg, T.M., Okan, O., Willeboordse, M., Rademakers, J.D.J.M. (2021). Measuring and Exploring Children’s Health Literacy in the Netherlands: Translation and Cultural Adaptation of the HLS-Child-Q15. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 18(10), 5244; doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105244
  • Brandes, M., Muellmann, S., Allweiss, T., Bauer, U., Bethmann, A., Forberger, S., Frense, J., Gelius, P., Pfeifer, K., Okan, O., Renner, B., Schlupp, H., Wrigth, M., Zeeb, H. (2021). Evidenzbasierung in Primärprävention und Gesundheitsförderung: Methoden und Vorgehensweisen in 5 Forschungsverbünden. Bundesgesundheitsbl (2021). doi.org/10.1007/s00103-021-03322-z.
  • Ehlen, S., Rehaag, R., Fitschen, J., Okan, O., Pinheiro, P., Bauer, U. (2021) Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention bei vulnerablen Kindern und Jugendlichen in Kitas und Schulen – Ansätze zur Erhöhung der Reichweite. Praev Gesundheitsf 2021; 7(3):1. doi.org/10.1007/s11553-021-00850-z.
  • Schmidt-Kaehler, S., Dadaczynski, K., Gille, S., Okan, O., Schellinger, A., Weigand, M., Schaeffer, D. (2021). Gesundheitskompetenz: Deutschland in der digitalen Aufholjagd Einführung technologischer Innovationen greift zu kurz. Gesundheitswesen 2021; 83(05): 327-332. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1451-7587.

 

  • Paakkari, L., & Okan, O. (2020). COVID-19: health literacy is an underestimated problem. The Lancet Public Health. 5:e249-e250. doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30086-4.
  • Okan, O., Bollweg, T.M., Eva-Maria Berens, Bauer, U., Hurrelmann, K., Schaeffer, D. (2020). Coronavirus-related health literacy in Germany: A cross-sectional study in adults during the COVID-19 infodemic. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 17(15), 5503. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155503.
  • Bittlingmayer, U.H., Dadazcynski K., Sahrai, D., Van den Broucke, S., & Okan, O. (2020). Digitale Gesundheitskompetenz. Konzeptionelle Verortung, Erfassung und Förderung mit Fokus auf Kinder und Jugendliche. Schwerpunktheft Digital Public Health. Bundesgesundheitsblatt. S. 1-9. doi.org/10.1007/s00103-019-03087-6.
  • Okan, O., Rowlands, G., Sykes, S., Wills, J. (2020). Shaping alcohol health literacy: a systematic concept analysis and review. HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice. 2020;4(1):e3-e20. doi:10.3928/24748307-20191104-01.
  • Okan, O., de Sombre, S., Hurrelmann, K., Berens, E.-M., Bauer, U., Schaeffer, D (2020). Covid-19-Gesundheitskompetenz der Bevölkerung. in: „Monitor Versorgungsforschung“ (03/20), S. 40-45. doi: 10.24945/MVF.03.20.1866-0533.2222.
  • Bollweg, T.M., Okan, O., Fretian, A., Bröder, J., Pinheiro, P., & Bauer, U. (2020). Adapting the European Health Literacy Survey for Fourth-Grade Students in Germany: Questionnaire Development and Qualitative Pretest. HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice, 4(2), e119-e128. https://doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20200326-01.
  • Bollweg, T. M., Okan, O., Freţian, A. M., Bröder, J., Domanska, O. M., Jordan, S., . . . Bauer, U. (2020). Adapting the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire for Fourth-Grade Students in Germany: Validation and Psychometric Analysis. Health Lit Res Pract, 4(3), e144-e159.
  • Bollweg, T.M., Okan, O., Freţian, A., Janner, C., Schulenkorf, T., Kirchhoff, S., Pinheiro, P., & Bauer, U. (2020). Dimensionen der Gesundheitskompetenz von Viertklässler*innen. Präv Gesundheitsf. doi.org/10.1007/s11553-020-00822-9.
  • Sentell, T., Vamos, S., Okan, O. (2020). Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Health Literacy Research Around the World: More Important Than Ever in a Time of COVID-19. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 17(9), 3010. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17093010.
  • Guo, S., Yu, X., Okan, O. (2020). Moving Health Literacy Research and Practice towards a Vision of Equity, Precision and Transparency. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 17(20), 7650. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207650.
  • Vamos, S., Okan, O., Sentell, T., Rootman, I. (2020). Making a Case for ‘Education for Health Literacy’: An International Perspective. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(4), 1436. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17041436.
  • Freţian, A.M., Bollweg, T.M., Okan, O., Pinheiro, P., Bauer, U. (2020). The social gradient of health literacy in childhood. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(5), 1720. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051720.
  • Fretian, A., Bollweg, T. M., Okan, O., Pinheiro, P., & Bauer, U. (2020). Exploring associated factors of subjective health literacy in school-aged children. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(5), 1720.
  • Dadaczynski, K., Rathmann, K., Okan, O., Paulus, P. (2020). What´s the relevance of school principals´ health literacy for the implementation of school health promotion. Results of an online study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(6),1855. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17061855.
  • Kor, P.P.K., Leung, A.Y.M, Parial, L.L., Wong, E.M.L., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Amoah, P.A., Wang, S.S., Deng, R., Cheung, C.C., Molassiotis, A. (2020). Are people with chronic diseases satisfied with the online health information related to COVID-19 during the pandemic? Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 53:1, 75–86. doi:10.1111/jnu.12616.
  • Ernstmann, N., Bauer, U., Berens, E.-M., Bitzer, E. M., Bollweg, T. M., Danner, M., Dehn-Hindenberg, A., Luise Dierks, M., Farin, E., Grobosch, S., Haarig, F., Halbach, S., Hollederer, A., Icks, A., Kowalski, C., Kramer, U., Neugebauer, E., Okan, O., Pelikan, J., Pfaff, H., Sautermeister, J., Schaeffer, D., Schang, L., Schulte, H., Siegel, A., Sundmacher, L., Vogt, D., Vollmar, H. C., Stock, S. (2020). DNVF Memorandum Gesundheitskompetenz (Teil 1) - Hintergrund, Relevanz, Gegenstand und Fragestellungen in der Versorgungsforschung. Langfassung. Gesundheitswesen 82: e77–e93. DOI: 10.1055/a-1191-3689.
  • Ernstmann, N., Bauer, U., Berens, E.-M., Bitzer, E. M., Bollweg, T. M., Danner, M., Dehn-Hindenberg, A., Luise Dierks, M., Farin, E., Grobosch, S., Haarig, F., Halbach, S., Hollederer, A., Icks, A., Kowalski, C., Kramer, U., Neugebauer, E., Okan, O., Pelikan, J., Pfaff, H., Sautermeister, J., Schaeffer, D., Schang, L., Schulte, H., Siegel, A., Sundmacher, L., Vogt, D., Vollmar, H. C., Stock, S. (2020). DNVF Memorandum Gesundheitskompetenz (Teil 1) - Hintergrund, Relevanz, Gegenstand und Fragestellungen in der Versorgungsforschung. Kurzfassung. Gesundheitswesen, 82(07): 639-645. DOI: 10.1055/a-1191-3401.
  • Rosário, R., Martins, M., Augusto, C., Silva, M.J., Martins, S., Duarte, A., Fronteira, I., Ramos, N., Okan, O., Dadaczynski, K. (2020). Associations between COVID-19-Related Digital Health Literacy and Online Information-Seeking Behavior among Portuguese University Students. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(23), 8987; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17238987.
  • Domanska, O. M., Bollweg, T. M., Loer, A.-K., Holmberg, C., Schenk, L., & Jordan, S. (2020). Development and Psychometric Properties of a Questionnaire Assessing Self-Reported Generic Health Literacy in Adolescence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(8).
  • Ernstmann, N., Bauer, U., Berens, E.-M., Bitzer, E. M., Bollweg, T. M., Danner, M., . . . Stock, S. (2020). DNVF Memorandum Gesundheitskompetenz (Teil 1) – Hintergrund, Relevanz, Gegenstand und Fragestellungen in der Versorgungsforschung. Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)), 82(7), e77-e93

  • Okan, O. (2019). The importance of early childhood to address equity and health literacy development in the life-course. Public Health Panorama. 5(‎2)‎, 170–176. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe.
  • Paakkari, L., Okan, O. (2019). Health literacy – talking the language of (school) education. HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice, 3(3):e161-e164. doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20190502-01.
  • Paakkari, L., Inchley, Jo., Schulz, A., Weber, M., Okan, O. (2019). Addressing health literacy in schools in the European region. Public Health Panorama. 5(‎2-3)‎, 186–190. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe.
  • Bröder, J., Okan, O., Bollweg, T. M., Bruland, D., Pinheiro, P., & Bauer, U. (2019). Child and Youth Health Literacy: A Conceptual Analysis and Proposed Target-Group-Centred Definition. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(18), 3417. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183417.
  • Bröder, J., Okan, O., Bauer, U., Schlupp, S., Pinheiro, P. (2019). Advancing perspectives on health literacy in childhood and youth. Health Promotion International, 2019, 1–11. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daz041.
  • Bruland D, Voß M, Schulenkorf T, Latteck Ä-D. Mit Schwung und Energie durch den Tag. Partizipative Forschung zur Förderung der bewegungsbezogenen Gesundheitskompetenz bei Menschen mit Lernschwierigkeiten. Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung. 2019;14(4):368-374. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11553-019-00714-7

  • Okan, O., Lopes, E., Bollweg, T.M., Bröder, J., Messer, M., Bruland, D., Saboga-Nunes, L., Bond, E., Carvalho, G.S.d., Sahrai, D., Sørensen, K., Pelikan, J., Levin-Zamir, D., Thomas, M., Bittlingmayer, U.H., Bauer, U., Pinheiro, P. (2018). Generic health literacy measurement instruments for children and adolescents: a systematic review of the literature. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 166. doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5054-0.
  • Okan, O., Pinheiro, P., Bauer, U. (2018). Der HLCA-Forschungsverbund: Health Literacy im Kindes- und Jugendalter als Ziel für Gesundheitsförderung und primäre Prävention. Schwerpunktheft „Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung“. Zeitschrift Public Health Forum.
  • Weishaar, H., Okan, O., Hurrelmann, K., Horn, A., Schaeffer, D. (2018). Framing health literacy: A comparative analysis of national action plans. Health Policy, 123(1), 11-20. doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.11.012.
  • Bauer, U., Okan, O., Hurrelmann, K. (2018). Stärkung der Gesundheitskompetenz im Bildungssektor. Fokus Gesundheitskompetenz. MVF 05/2018, 11. Jahrgang 02.10.2018. doi.org/10.24945/MVF.05.18.1866-0533.2099.
  • Jochimsen, M.A., Hendricks, J., Okan, O. (2018). Integration von Geschlechterperspektiven in Verbundvorhaben am Beispiel der ersten Förderphase des BMBF-Verbundes Health Literacy in Childhood and Adolescence (HLCA) (2015-2018). In: IZGOnZeit. Onlinezeitschrift des Interdisziplinären Zentrums für Geschlechterforschung (IZG), Nr. 7, S. 85–93. ISSN 2567-2045.

 

  • Bruland, D., Kornblum, K., Harsch, S., Bröder, J., Okan, O., Bauer, U. (2017) . Schüler mit einem psychisch erkrankten Elternteil und die Mental Health Literacy von Lehrkräften. Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie: Band 66, Psychosoziale Problematiken an Schulen, S. 774-790. doi.org/10.13109/prkk.2017.66.10.774.
  • Bröder, J., Orkan, O., Bauer, U., Bruland, D., Schlupp,S., Bollweg, T.M., Saboga-Nunes, L., Bond, E., Sørensen, K., Bitzer, E.M., Jordan, S., Domanska, O., Firnges, C., Carvalho, G.S.d., Bittlingmayer, U.H., Levin-Zamir, D., Pelikan, J., Sahrai, D., Lenz, A., Wahl, P., Thomas, M., Kessl F., Pinheiro, P. (2017): Health Literacy in Children and Adolescents – results from a systematic literature review of definitions, concepts, and models. BMC Public Health, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4267-y.
  • Wahl, P., Bruland, D., Ullrich, B., Okan,O., Lenz, A. (2017). What are the needs when a parent has mental health problems? Evidence from a systematic literature review. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 30 (1), S. 54-66. doi.org/10.1111/jcap.12171.
  • Bruland, D., Pinheiro, P., Bröder, J., Okan, O., Carvalho, G.S.d-, Saboga-Nunes, L., Bond, E., Wahl, P., Fretian, A., Bauer, U. (2017). Teachers Supporting Students with Parents Having Mental Health Problems. A Scoping Review. International Journal of Case Studies. Vol. 6, Issue 9.
  • Almeida, A., Pinheiro, P., Okan, O., Pereira, A., Mesquita, E. (2017). Measuring Mental Health Literacy of Teacher: A Pilot Study. International Journal of Case Studies. 5(12).
  • Saboga-Nunes, L., Rowlands, G., Okan, O., Wills, J., Kunder, N., & Kokk, L. (2017). Alcohol consumption and harmful use of alcohol. Editorial. E-Collection: Alcohol Consumption and Harmful Use of Alcohol. European Journal of Public Health. Volume 23, Issue 6, December. academic.oup.com/eurpub/pages/harmful_use_of_alcohol.

  • Okan, O., Bröder, J., Pinheiro, P., Bauer, U. (2016). Gesundes Aufwachsen und Health Literacy: Ressourcen und Risikopotenziale in der Bewältigung von Entwicklungsaufgaben [Healthy Development in Youth – Resources and Risks when Coping with Developmental Tasks]. Zeitschrift für klinische Sozialarbeit. 12. Jg. Heft 2.
  • Bröder, J., Okan, O., Pinheiro, P., Bauer, U. (2016): Health Literacy im Jugendalter – relevant für die Soziale Arbeit? [Health literacy in adolescence – relevant for social work?]. Zeitschrift für klinische Sozialarbeit. 12 (4): 2, S. 4-6.

  • Okan, O., Pinheiro, P., Zamora, P., Bauer, U. (2015). Health Literacy bei Kindern und Jugendlichen – Ein Überblick über den aktuellen Forschungsstand. Bundesgesundheitsblatt – Gesundheitsforschung – Gesundheitsschutz, 2015, 1–12. doi.org/10.1007/s00103-015-2199-1.
  • Zamora, P., Pinheiro, P., Okan, O., Bitzer, E.M., Jordan, S., Bittlingmayer, U.H., Kessl, F., Lenz, A., Wasem, J., Jochimsen, M.A., Bauer, U. (2015). „Health Literacy“ im Kindes- und Jugendalter - Struktur und Gegenstand eines neuen interdisziplinären Forschungsverbunds (HLCA-Forschungsverbund). Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung, 10, 167–172. doi.org/10.1007/s11553-015-0492-3.

Bücher

Herausgeberschaften

  • Rathmann, K., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Messer, M. (2021). Gesundheitskompetenz. Springer Reference. Springer. Doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-62800-3.

  • Saboga Nunes, L., Bittlingmayer, U.H., Okan, O., Sahrai, D., (2020). Health Literacy Anthology New Approaches, New Insights on Health Literacy Research. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. Doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-30909-1.
  • Bollweg, T.M., Bröder, J., Pinheiro, P. (Hrsg. in alphabetischer Reihung) (2020). Health Literacy im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Gesundheit und Gesellschaft. Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden

  • Okan, O., Bauer, U., Pinheiro, P., Levin-Zamir, D., Sørensen, K. (Hrsg.) (2019). International Handbook of Health Literacy. Research, Practice and Policy across the Lifespan. Bristol: Policy Press.

Buchkapitel

  • Okan, O. (2023). Gesundheitskompetenz im Kindes- und Jugendalter: ein wichtiges Bildungsziel. In: Koletzko, B.: Kindergesundheitsbericht 2023, Fokus Jugendliche in Deutschland, Stiftung Kindergesundheit 2023, München. ISBN: 978-3-00-076013-6.
  • Prodöhl, J., Okan, O. (2023). Die Schule als Vermittler von Gesundheitskompetenz: Vorschläge für den Unterricht. In: Rathmann, K., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Messer, M. (eds) Gesundheitskompetenz. Springer Reference Pflege – Therapie – Gesundheit. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-62800-3_151-1.
  • Kogel, L., Steeb, N., Salewski, L., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Messer, M., Rathmann, K. (2022). esundheitskompetenz von Menschen mit chronischer Erkrankung und/oder Behinderung: Stand der Forschung, Bedarfe und Herausforderungen für die Selbsthilfe. In: Rathmann, K., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Messer, M. (eds) Gesundheitskompetenz. Springer Reference Pflege – Therapie – Gesundheit . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-67055-2_90.
  • Freţian, A., Kirchhoff, S. (2023). Mental Health Literacy bei jungen Menschen: Konzept und Interventionen. In: Rathmann, K., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Messer, M. (eds) Gesundheitskompetenz. Springer Reference Pflege – Therapie – Gesundheit . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-62800-3_81-1
  • Kirchhoff, S., Fretian, A., Bruland, D. (2023). Mental Health Literacy bei Lehrkräften. In: Rathmann, K., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Messer, M. (eds) Gesundheitskompetenz. Springer Reference Pflege – Therapie – Gesundheit . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-62800-3_71-1.

  • Okan, O., Dadaczynski, K. (2022). Health Literacy Research in Childhood and Adolescence. A Key Topic in Health Promotion. In: Potvin, L., Jourdan, D.: Handbook of Health Promotion. Springer.
  • Schulenkorf T, Okan O (2022) Tool-HLCA: Gesundheitskompetenz in der Schule stärken. In: Rathmann, K./Dadaczynski, K./Okan, O./Messer, M. (Hrsg.): Gesundheitskompetenz. Springer Reference-Werk.
  • Schulenkorf T, Pinheiro P (2022) Digitale Gesundheitskompetenz und Soziale Medien – Programmatische Überlegungen für eine neue Forschungsperspektive. In: Rathmann, K./Dadaczynski, K./Okan, O./Messer, M. (Hrsg.): Gesundheitskompetenz. Springer Reference-Werk.
  • Bollweg, T., Kirchhoff, S.,  Okan, O. (2022). Gesundheitskompetenz im Kindesalter messen mit dem HLS-Child-Q15. In: Rathmann, K., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Messer, M.: Gesundheitskompetenz. Springer Berlin, Heidelberg: S. 1-10 

  • Dadaczynski, K., Maur, K., Rathmann, K. & Okan, O. (2021). Gesundheitskompetenz als Gegenstands-bereich und Ziel von Unterricht. Goldfriedrich, M. & Hurrelmann, K. (Hrsg.), Gesundheitsdidaktik. Weinheim: Beltz, S. 156–175.

  • Kirchhoff, S. (2020). Förderung psychischer Gesundheit von Schüler*innen: ein ganzheitlicher Schulansatz basierend auf Mental Health Literacy. In: Bollweg T., Bröder J., Pinheiro P. (Hrsg.) Health Literacy im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Gesundheit und Gesellschaft. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. S. 207-222. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-29816-6_12
  • Okan, O., Pinheiro, P. (2020). Von Chicago 1958 bis Shanghai 2016: Ein Rückblick auf zentrale Entwicklungstrends in der Geschichte der Gesundheitskompetenz. In: Bollweg, T.M., Bröder, J. Pinheiro, P. (2020). Health Literacy im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Springer VS, S. 11-38.
  • Okan, O., Bittlingmayer, U.H., Bitzer, E.-M., Jochimsen, M.-A., Jordan, S., Pinheiro, P, Wasem, J., Bauer, U. (2020). Der HLCA-Forschungsverbund 2015–2021. Health Literacy im Kindes- und Jugendalter als Ziel für Gesundheitsförderung und primäre Prävention. In: Bollweg, T.M., Bröder, J. Pinheiro, P. (2020). Health Literacy im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Springer VS, S. 301-325.
  • Bollweg, T.M., Okan, O. (2020). Gesundheitskompetenz messen bei Kindern: aktuelle Ansätze und Herausforderungen. In: Bollweg, T.M., Bröder, J. Pinheiro, P. (2020). Health Literacy im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Springer VS, S. 73-98.
  • Saboga-Nunes, L., Bittlingmayer, U.H., Okan, O. (2020). Die Einbettung von Health Literacy in das Paradigma der Salutogenese. In: Bollweg, T.M., Bröder, J. Pinheiro, P. (2020). Health Literacy im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Springer VS, S. 437-460.
  • Pinheiro, P., George, S., Okan, O., Sijthoff, E., Bittlingmayer, U.H., Kahlert, R., Merchant, A., Bruland, D., Bröder, J., Bauer, U. (2020). Stimmen aus dem Off: Interdisziplinäre Forschungsperspektiven auf die Gesundheitskompetenz von Kindern aus der Mitte eines informellen Netzwerks. In: Pinheiro, P., Bollweg, T.M., Bröder, J. Handbuch HLCA. Beltz Verlag, S. 575-597.
  • Okan, O., Bollweg, T.M., Bröder, J. (2020). Health literacy in childhood and adolescence: An integrative review. In: Saboga Nunes, L., Sahrai, D., Bittlingmayer, U.H., Okan, O. New Approaches, New Insights on Health Literacy Research. Wiesbaden: Springer VS 2020.
  • Pinheiro, P., George, S., Okan, O., Sijthoff, E., Bittlingmayer, U.H., Kahlert, R., Merchant, A., Bruland, D., Bröder, J., Bauer, U. (2020). Towards new perspectives on health literacy for children: From ‘health information’ to recognizing young citizens’ capacities for meaning-making. In: Saboga Nunes, L., Sahrai, D., Bittlingmayer, U.H., Okan, O. New Approaches, New Insights on Health Literacy Research. Wiesbaden: Springer VS 2020.
  • Santha, A., Bittlingmayer, U.H., Bollweg, T.M., Gerdes, J., Okan, O., Ökcu, G., Pinheiro, P., Osipov, I., Sahrai, D. (2020). Health literacy and its determinants in 11 and 12-year-old school children in Germany. In: Saboga Nunes, L., Sahrai, D., Bittlingmayer, U.H., Okan, O. New Approaches, New Insights on Health Literacy Research. Wiesbaden: Springer VS 2020.
  • Pinheiro, P., Bollweg, T.M., Bröder, J. (2020). Health Literacy im Kindes- und Jugendalter – ein Streifzug. In: Bollweg TM, Bröder J, Pinheiro P (Hrsg.) Health Literacy im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, pp 1–7

  • Okan, O. (2019). From Saranac Lake to Shanghai: A brief history of health literacy. In: 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, S. 21–38.
  • Okan, O., Pinheiro, P., Bauer, U. (2019). Gesundheitliche Ungleichheiten und die Rolle der Gesundheitskompetenz: Der Blick auf das Kindes- und Jugendalter. In Prundt J, et al: Handbuch Diversität und soziale Ungleichheiten. Apollon Verlag.
  • Bollweg, T.M., Okan, O. (2019). Measuring children’s health literacy: Current approaches and challenges. In: 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, S. 83–98.
  • Saboga-Nunes, L., Bittlingmayer, U.H., Okan, O. (2019). Health Literacy and Salutogenesis: the health promotion simplex! In: 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, S. 649–664.
  • Pitt, R., Davis, T., Manganello, J., Massey, P., Okan, O., McFarlane, E., Buchthal, V., Davis, J., Arnold, C., Sentell, T. (2019). Health Literacy in a Social Context: A Meta-Narrative Review of Six Emerging Research Traditions. In: 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, S. 665–688.
  • Rowlands, G., Protheroe, J., Saboga-Nunes, L., Van den Broucke, S., Levin-Zamir, D., Okan, O. (2019). Health Literacy and Chronic Conditions, Prevention and Management through the Life Course. In: 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, S. 183–198.
  • Kirchhoff, S., Bruland D. (2019). „Es wird immer schwieriger, den Kindern das Wissen zu vermitteln …“. Eine qualitative Untersuchung zur Perspektive der Lehrkräfte auf familiäre Probleme von  Schüler*innen. In S. Drucks/D. Bruland (Hrsg.): Kritische Lebensereignisse und die Herausforderungen für die Schule. Weinheim Basel: Beltz Juventa, S. 75-90   

  • Okan, O., Bollweg, T. M. (2018). Development process of a health literacy measurement instrument for fourth grade schoolchildren: a mixed-method study. In Guenter Krampen & Anne-Kathrin Mayer (Eds.). Health Literacy across the Life Span. Pabst Science Publishers.
  • Okan, O., Bröder, J., Pinheiro, P., Bauer U. (2018). Der Health Literacy Ansatz für Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung im Kindes- und Jugendalter. In: Lange, A., Reiter, H., Schutter, S., Steiner, C. (Hrsg.): Handbuch Kindheits- und Jugendsoziologie. Berlin: Springer, doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-05676-6_48-1, S. 1-21.
  • Bollweg, T.M. & Okan, O. (2018). 'Measuring children’s health literacy: Current approaches and challenges.' in International Handbook of Health Literacy, Hrsg. O Okan, U Bauer, P Pinheiro, D Levin-Zamir & K Sørensen, The Policy Press, University of Bristol, pp 83-97

  • Okan, O., Bröder, J., Pinheiro, P., Bauer, U. (2017). Health Literacy im Kindes- und Jugendalter - Eine explorierende Perspektive. In: Schaeffer, D., Pelikan, J. (eds): Health Literacy: Forschungsstand und Perspektiven. Bern: Huber, p. 33-53.

Berichte, Positionspapiere, Fact Sheets, Policy Briefs

  • Okan, O., Rauschmayr, S., Kirchhoff, S. (2024). Organisationale Gesundheitskompetenz. In: Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung (BZgA) (Hrsg.). Leitbegriffe der Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention. Glossar zu Konzepten, Strategien und Methoden. https://doi.org/10.17623/BZGA:Q4-i163-1.0.

  • Okan, O., Kirchhoff, S. (2022). Fragebogen Organisationale Gesundheitskompetenz der Schule. GeKoOrg-Schule. Gefördert durch das Bundesministerium für Gesundheit. Technische Universität München. https://doi.org/10.14459/2022md1655484.
  • Okan, O., Kirchhoff, S., Krudewig, C. (2022). Questionnaire „Organizational health literacy of schools (OHLS-Q)“. Questionnaire Long Form English. HeLit-Schools. Funded by the Federal Ministry of Health. Technical University of Munich. https://doi.org/10.14459/2022md1688119.
  • Okan, O., Kirchhoff, S., Krudewig, C. (2022). Gesundheitskompetente Schule. Leitfaden für Schulen. Gefördert durch das Bundesministerium für Gesundheit. Technische Universität München. https://doi.org/10.14459/2022md1688087.
  • Kirchhoff, S., Krudewig, C., Okan, O. (2022). Unterrichtsmaterialien und Schulprogramme zur Stärkung der Gesundheitskompetenz. Materialsammlung für Schulen. Gefördert durch das Bundesministerium für Gesundheit. Technische Universität München. https://doi.org/10.14459/2022md1688088.
  • Kirchhoff, S., Krudewig, C., Okan, O. (2022). Fragebogen organisationale Gesundheitskompetenz der Schule (OGKS-FB-KS). Basierend auf: Fragebogen Organisationale Gesundheitskompetenz der Schule. GeKoOrg-Schule. Gefördert durch das Bundesministerium für Gesundheit. Technische Universität München. https://doi.org/10.14459/2022md1688117.
  • Kirchhoff, S., Krudewig, C., Okan, O. (2022). Organizational health literacy of schools questionnaire – short form (OHLS-Q-SF). HeLit-Schools. Funded by the Federal Ministry of Health. Technical University of Munich. https://doi.org/10.14459/2022md1688124.
  • Okan, O., Sørensen, K., Levin-Zamir, D., Dadaczynski, K., Paakkari, L., Schaeffer, D., Messer, M. (2022). Media and Infodemic – Managing the COVID-19 Infodemic with Health Literacy Strategies. Policy Brief. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. (in preparation)
  • Okan, O., Dadaczynski, K., Messer, M. (2022). Gesundheitskompetenz von Schulleitungen während der Corona-Pandemie. Ergebnisse einer Online-Befragung in vier Bundesländer [Health literacy of school principals in four federal states during the Covid-19 pandemic]. Technische Universität München, Public Health Zentrum Fulda (PHZF) an der Hochschule Fulda, Universität Trier. (in preparation).
  • International Union for Health Promotion and Education (2023). IUHPE Position statement on health literacy: a practical vision for a health literate world. 2nd edition. IUHPE Global Working Group on Health Literacy. Paris: IUHPE. Authors in alphabetical order: Diane Levin-Zamir, Evelyn McElhinney, Luis Nunes-Saboga, Orkan Okan, Gill Rowlands, Tetine Sentell, Kristine Sørensen, Susie Sykes, Stefania Velardo.
  • EUPHA Section on Health Literacy (2023). The position statement of the working group. EUPHA. (in preparation)

  • Okan, O., Paakkari, L., Aagaard-Hansen, J., Weber, M., Barnekow, V. (2021). Health literacy in the context of health, well-being and learning outcomes- the case of children and adolescents in schools: concept paper. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2020.
  • Okan, O., Bollweg, T. M., Bauer, U., Hurrelmann, K., Janner, C., Schaeffer, D. (2021). Trendstudie zur coronaspezifischen Gesundheitskompetenz: Ergebnisse der zweiten Erhebung der HLS-COVID-19 Studie. Bielefeld: Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Gesundheitskompetenzforschung (IZGK), Universität Bielefeld. DOI: doi.org/10.4119/unibi/2950307.
  • Okan, O., Bollweg, T. M., Bauer, U., Hurrelmann, K., Janner, C., Schaeffer, D. (2021). Corona-specific Health Literacy in Germany: Second survey of the HLS-COVID-19 trend study. English Summary Report. Bielefeld: Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Literacy Research. Bielefeld University. DOI: doi.org/10.4119/unibi/2951266.
  • Okan, O., Dadaczynski, K., Koller, U., Braun, V. & Hurrelmann, K. (2021). Gesundheitskompetenz und Schule. Entwicklung von 100 Leuchtturmschulen bis zum Jahr 2025. Ein Visionspapier. Online verfügbar unter: nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:66-opus4-8924.
  • Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Messer, M. (2021). COVID-19 Health Literacy School Principal’s Survey (COVID-HL: School Principal): Questionnaire and Scale Documentation. Public Health Centre Fulda (PHZF) at Fulda University of Applied Sciences & Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Literacy Re-search (IZGK) at Bielefeld University. Doi: doi.org/10.4119/unibi/2952552.
  • Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Messer, M. (2021). COVID-19 Health Literacy Schulleitungsstudie (COVID-HL: Schulleitung): Fragebogen und Skalendokumentation. Public Health Zentrum Fulda (PHZF) an der Hochschule Fulda & Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Gesundheitskompetenzforschung (IZGK) an der Universität Bielefeld. Doi: doi.org/10.4119/unibi/2952553.
  • Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Messer, M. (2021). Belastungen und Beanspruchungen von Schulleitungen während der Corona-Pandemie. Ergebnisse einer Online-Befragung in vier Bundesländer. Public Health Zentrum Fulda (PHZF) an der Hochschule Fulda, Universität Trier & Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Gesundheitskompetenzforschung (IZGK) an der Universität Bielefeld. Doi: doi.org/10.4119/unibi/2957528.
  • Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Messer, M. (2021). Gesundheitskompetenz von Schulleitungen während der Corona-Pandemie. Ergebnisse einer Online-Befragung in vier Bundesländer. Public Health Zentrum Fulda (PHZF) an der Hochschule Fulda, Universität Trier & Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Gesundheitskompetenzforschung (IZGK) an der Universität Bielefeld. In Vorbereitung.
  • Okan, O., Paakkari, L., Aagaard-Hansen, J., Barnekow, V., Sørensen, K., Weber, M. (2021). Health literacy in the context of health, well-being and learning outcomes – the case of children and adolescents in schools. Concept Paper. World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark. To be released this year.
  • Okan, O., Sørensen, K., Levin-Zamir, D., Dadaczynski, K., Paakkari, L., Schaeffer, D., Messer, M. (2021). Media and Infodemic – Managing the COVID-19 Infodemic with Health Literacy Strategies. Policy Brief. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. To be released in 2021.
  • International Union for Health Promotion and Education. (2021). Critical Actions for Mental Health. Position statement of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education, March 2021. IUHPE: Montreal, Canada.

  • Okan, O., Paakkari, L., Dadaczynski, K. (2020). Health literacy in schools: State of the art. Schools for Health in Europe Network Foundation. Funded by the European Commission. Haderslev, Denmark.
  • Okan, O., Paakkari, L., Dadaczynski, K. (2020). Gesundheitskompetenz und Schule. Aktueller Stand. Deutsche Überseztung des Fact Sheets: Health literacy in schools: State of the art. Schools for Health in Europe Network Foundation. Funded by the European Commission. Haderslev, Denmark.
  • Sørensen, K., Okan, O. (2020). Concept note on health literacy of children and adolescents in school settings. Commissioned by the FRESH Working Group on Health Literacy, Life Skills & Social Inclusion in collaboration with the International Research Network and sponsored by the World Education Research Association. doi.org/10.4119/unibi/2942282.
  • Okan, O., de Sombre, S., Hurrelmann, K., Berens, E.-M., Bauer, U., Schaeffer, D (2020). Gesundheitskompetenz der Bevölkerung im Umgang mit der Coronavirus-Pandemie. Abschlussbericht. Online.: www.uni-bielefeld.de/erziehungswissenschaft/izgk/downloads/Ergebnisbericht_GK_Corona_IZGK_2020.pdf.
  • Saboga-Nunes, L., Levin-Zamir, D., Bittlingmayer, U.H., Contu, P., Pinheiro, P., Ivassenko, V., Okan, O., Comeau, L., Barry, M., Van den Broucke, S., Jourdan, D. (2020). A Health Promotion Focus on COVID-19: Keep the Trojan horse out of our health systems. Promote health for ALL in times of crisis and beyond! EUPHA-HP, IUHPE, UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education.
  • Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., Messer, M. & Rathmann, K. (2020). Digitale Gesundheitskompetenz von Studierenden in Deutschland. Ergebnisse einer bundesweiten Online-Befragung. Verfügbar unter: fuldok.hs-fulda.de/opus4/843.
  • Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O. & Rathmann, K. (2020). COVID-19 Health Literacy Survey: University Students (COVID-HL Survey). Questionnaire and Scale Documentation. Public Health Centre Fulda (PHZF) at the Fulda University of Applied Sciences & Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Literacy Research at Bielefeld University. doi: 10.4119/unibi/2942920
  • Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O. (2020). Gesundheitskompetenz – ein Megathema auch für Schulen? In: Impulse: Gesundheit als (Mega-)Trend?! Licht- und Schattenseiten für die Gesundheitsförderung. 4. Quartal Dez 2020, S. 10-11.
  • Bauer U, Adam Y, Fretian A, Gille S, Kirchhoff S, Okan O, Schulenkorf T. Strategiepapier #7 zu den Empfehlungen des Nationalen Aktionsplans. Mentale Gesundheitskompetenz. Die Gesundheitskompetenz von Kindern und Jugendlichen in Familien mit einem psychisch- oder suchtkranken Elternteil stärken. Berlin: Nationaler Aktionsplan Gesundheitskompetenz; 2020. https://doi.org/10.4119/unibi/2951441

  • Wahl, P., Freţian, A. M., Bauer, U. (2019). Psychische Erkrankungen im Alltag: Tabuisierung und Stigmatisierung. Jugendhilfe-Report 02/2019. Landesverband Rheinland (LVR), Köln. Verfügbar unter: https://www.lvr.de/me-dia/wwwlvrde/jugend/service/publikationen/dokumente_97/19.02_JHR_KOMPLETT_20190312_X_WEB.pdf (Zugriff am 25.02.2022)
  • Fretian, A., Graf, P., Bollweg, T. M., & Bauer, U. (2019). Mental Health Literacy bei Kindern und Ju-gendlichen–Potenziale für die Förderung psychischer Gesundheit. In Greiner, W./Batram, M./Witte, J. (Hrsg.), DAK Kinder- und Jugendreport 2019. Gesundheitsversorgung von Kindern und Jugendlichen in Deutschland Schwerpunkt: Ängste und Depressionen bei Schulkindern (Vol. 31). (S. 192-208). Heidelberg: medhochzwei Verlag GmbH.

  • International Union for Health Promotion and Education. (2018). IUHPE Position statement on health literacy: a practical vision for a health literate world. IUHPE: Paris. Zugriff am 14.07.2019. www.iuhpe.org/images/IUHPE/Advocacy/IUHPE¬Health_Literacy_2018.pdf und Global Health Promotion. 25(4), 79–88, DOI: 10.1177/1757975918814421.
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