Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: Due to further development of diagnostic methods of early-stage diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and new disease-modifying treatment options that require early diagnosis, a new focus on predictive and preventive medicine arises. With progress in AD dementia risk estimation, guidelines for counseling, considering individual aspects of those affected, are becoming more important. As part of the trinational project PreTAD (The Predictive Turn in Alzheimer's Disease: Ethical, Clinical, Linguistic and Legal Aspects) anticipated effects of AD dementia risk estimation for first-degree relatives of people with AD dementia are evaluated.

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: Driven by (bio-)medical and technical developments, advanced non-invasive methods for estimating the risk of Alzheimer's dementia (ADD) are increasingly emerging. In the future, such methods could eventually become available for individuals in asymptomatic and preclinical stages of Alzheimer's disease (e.g.

Interventions for improving health literacy in migrants.

Background: Health literacy (HL) is a determinant of health and important for autonomous decision-making. Migrants are at high risk for limited HL. Improving HL is important for equitable promotion of migrants' health.

Gender differences of health literacy in persons with a migration background: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: To investigate gender differences of health literacy in individuals with a migration background.

Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis. OVID/MEDLINE, PsycINFO and CINAHL were searched in March 2018 and July 2020.

"The system has to be health literate, too" - perspectives among healthcare professionals on health literacy in transcultural treatment settings.

Background: Effective communication is a central aspect of organizational health literacy. Healthcare professionals are expected to ensure an effective and satisfactory flow of information and to support their patients in accessing, understanding, appraising, and applying health information. This qualitative study aimed to examine the health literacy-related challenges, needs, and applied solutions of healthcare professionals when engaging with persons with a migrant background.

Attitudes towards Risk Prediction in a Help Seeking Population of Early Detection Centers for Mental Disorders-A Qualitative Approach.

Big Data approaches raise hope for a paradigm shift towards illness prevention, while others are concerned about discrimination resulting from these approaches. This will become particularly important for people with mental disorders, as research on medical risk profiles and early detection progresses rapidly. This study aimed to explore views and attitudes towards risk prediction in people who, for the first time, sought help at one of three early detection centers for mental disorders in Germany (Cologne, Munich, Dresden).

Gender-Specific Aspects of Health Literacy: Perceptions of Interactions with Migrants among Health Care Providers in Germany.

Health literacy can be described as a complex process shaped by individual resources and preferences and by the nature and quality of health-related information people encounter. The main objective of this study was to explore the views of health care professionals on how gender as a personal determinant of health literacy affected their interactions with migrant patients. The interrelated challenges, needs and applied solutions were analyzed from a health literacy perspective.

Peculiarities of health literacy in people with mental disorders: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Health literacy (HL) is considered a key concept to positively address relevant decisions concerning physical and mental health. According to an integrated model of a European Consortium, the process to access, understand, appraise and apply health information is at the centre of practising HL.

Aim: In this study, we examine HL in a population with an early onset of a mental disorder (MD).