[A modular model for quality assessment in medical and nutritional journalism].

Background And Objectives: The quality of medical articles in journalism has a central role in informed decision-making by patients as well as by political, economic and social players, but also to general "health literacy". Therefore, quality standards that take into account basic scientific and journalistic principles, but are also scalable to specific health-related topics (such as medicine, nutrition and environment) are particularly relevant.

Materials And Methods: Starting from an internationally established catalogue in the framework of the "media doctor project", criteria for good medical journalism were analysed, reclassified and completed on the basis of theoretical concepts and practical applicability.