Health literacy of students in Germany - Results of the HBSC study 2022.

Background: Health literacy (HL) encompasses knowledge and skills for dealing critically and confidently with health information in individual and social contexts. Current studies show that a high proportion of children and adolescents have limited health literacy, depending on aspects of their social background. Health literacy is considered an important factor influencing health.

Concept and methodology of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study - Insights into the current 2022 survey and trends in Germany.

Background: Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) is one of the largest international studies on child and adolescent health and cooperates with the World Health Organization (WHO). In Germany, adolescents aged 11, 13 and 15 are surveyed every four years about their health, health behaviour and social conditions. This article describes the HBSC study and in particular the methodology of the current 2022 survey and prior surveys conducted between 2009/10 and 2017/18.

Infodemic Preparedness and COVID-19: Searching about Public Health and Social Measures Is Associated with Digital Health Literacy in University Students.

Unlabelled: We aimed to evaluate the associations between information searching about public health and social measures (PHSM) and university students' digital health literacy (DHL) related to the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 3,084 Portuguese university students (75.7% females), with an average age of 24.

[Digital health literacy of pupils. Level and associations with physical activity and dietary behavior].

Background: While there are increasing empirical findings on general health literacy (HL), there is a lack of evidence on digital HL in adolescence and its association with health behavior.

Methods: A cross-sectional study of 490 students from grade eight and nine from the federal state of Hesse was conducted from October 2019 to February 2020. Digital HL was assessed using five subscales of the Digital Health Literacy Instrument (DHLI), while consumption of fruits, vegetables, and soft drinks as well as weekly physical activity were used as indicators of health behavior.

[Tools to strengthen organizational health literacy in the health care sector].

Background: The National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy calls for user-friendly and health-competent development of health care at all levels. After the first years of focusing on individual health literacy, the focus is increasingly on organizational health literacy. Organizational health literacy addresses different standards (e.

[Health Literacy of People with and without Disabilities and Chronic Diseases in Germany: Results of the Study "German Health Update" 2014/2015-EHIS].

Background: People with disabilities and chronic diseases represent a population group in vulnerable circumstances, and often have difficulty finding, understanding, assessing, and applying health information. The aim of this study was to examine the health literacy of people doubly burdened with both disabilities and chronic diseases in comparison to two other groups, namely people with either disabilities or chronic diseases and people without impairment.

Material And Methods: Our data is based on the representative survey "German Health Update" 2014/2015-EHIS.

University students' sense of coherence, future worries and mental health: findings from the German COVID-HL-survey.

Early-on in the COVID-19 pandemic when universities were closed as part of the nation-wide public health response to the COVID-19 outbreak, studying and student life significantly changed. Based on limited evidence the aim of this study was to explore the relationship between sense of coherence (SoC), future worries and mental health outcomes among German university students during the early phase of the pandemic. A cross-sectional online survey with n = 14 916 participants was carried out by inviting all private and public universities in Germany.

[Mental Health of Children and Adolescents with and without Disabilities and Health-related Impairment: Results of the Representative German Child and Adolescent Health Survey (KiGGS Wave 2)].

Background And Objective: Children and adolescents with disabilities and health-related impairment belong to a vulnerable population group. There are only few German findings on mental health that distinguish between children and adolescents with and without disabilities and health-related impairment.

Materials And Methods: Data were used from the German KiGGS Wave 2 of the Robert Koch-Institute from 2014-2017.

Digital Health Literacy and Web-Based Information-Seeking Behaviors of University Students in Germany During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Survey Study.

Background: Digital communication technologies are playing an important role in the health communication strategies of governments and public health authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The internet and social media have become important sources of health-related information on COVID-19 and on protective behaviors. In addition, the COVID-19 infodemic is spreading faster than the coronavirus itself, which interferes with governmental health-related communication efforts.

Alcohol, tobacco and cannabis use in adolescence - Cross-sectional results of the 2017/18 HBSC study.

Tobacco, alcohol and cannabis are psychoactive substances that is often tried for the first time during adolescence and further continued in later life. Regular tobacco and cannabis use as well as alcohol abuse are associated with serious health consequences. According to the importance of health reporting, this article describes current prevalence of adolescent substance use and the associations between psychoactive substance use and specific social determinants.

[Gradients in Mental Health and Health Consciousness by the Degree of Disabilities - Results from representative GEDA-Survey in Germany].

Purpose: People with disabilities belong to a vulnerable population group, especially with regard to their economic and health situation. In the social-epidemiological research, hardly any studies on mental health and health awareness among people with disabilities are available using representative data, in particular not differentiated according to their degree of disability (DoD). Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate 1) differences in mental health and health awareness between people with disabilities compared to people without disabilities.

Critical Events throughout the Educational Career: The Effect of Grade Retention and Repetition on School-Aged Children's Well-Being.

More than 20% of all school-aged children in Germany experience a grade retention and repetition during the educational career which is likely to affect their well-being as a central element of school success. This study aims at revealing the temporal dynamics of general and school well-being around the event of grade retention (i.e.

Organizational Health Literacy in Facilities for People with Disabilities: First Results of an Explorative Qualitative and Quantitative Study.

To date, studies on individual and organizational health literacy (OHL) in facilities for people with disabilities are scarce. Thus, the aims of this study are (1) to adapt an existing instrument for measuring organizational health literacy (OHL), namely, the "Health literate health care organization scale" (HLHO-10), to the context of facilities for people with disabilities, (2) to quantitatively examine characteristics of OHL, and (3) to qualitatively assess the definition and role of OHL by interviewing managers and skilled staff. An online study in Germany with = 130 managers and skilled staff in facilities for people with disabilities was conducted, using the adapted HLHO-10 questionnaire.

Psychosoziale Arbeitsbedingungen und Burnout-Symptome in der stationären somatischen und psychiatrischen Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege.

Psychosocial working conditions and symptoms of burnout in somatic and psychiatric nursing While mental workload and stress among nurses are generally well-documented, differences within the nursing profession have hardly been investigated so far. This study aims to examine the differences and associations between psychosocial working conditions and symptoms of burnout of nurses working in somatic and psychiatric settings. A cross-sectional study has been conducted with employees in one somatic and one psychiatric hospital (n = 576).

The Role of School Leaders' Health Literacy for the Implementation of Health Promoting Schools.

Background: The promotion of health literacy is seen as an urgent goal in public health and education and, hence, should be integrated in the school context as a component of the holistic health promoting school (HPS) approach. However, only limited empirical studies have addressed health literacy of school staff so far. Hence, this study aimed to examine the level of health literacy among school leaders and its association with the extent of HPS implementation.

[The Importance of the "Big Five" Personality Traits for Subjective Health and Life Satisfaction in Adolescence: Results of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS)].

Background: The role of personality traits in self-rated health and well-being of adolescents has barely been studied in Germany so far. The aim of this study was to analyze the association between the Big Five personality traits and self-reported health as well as life satisfaction of adolescents in Germany.

Methods: The study data are based on the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS), starting cohort 3 (wave 3, 2012).

[Trajectories of Self-rated Health in Secondary Education: Results from the German National Educational Panel Study].

Aim Of The Study: Self-rated health is an important indicator of current and future health. However, panel data-based findings are lacking that take into consideration the background features of differentiated development of self-reported adolescent health. This paper examines the development of self- rated health through secondary education from grade 5-12 in Germany, analyzing differences according to indicators of socio-economic position and other background characteristics such as gender and family structure.

Inequalities in adolescent self-rated health and smoking in Europe: comparing different indicators of socioeconomic status.

Background: Although there is evidence for socioeconomic inequalities in health and health behaviour in adolescents, different indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) have rarely been compared within one data sample. We examined associations of five SES indicators with self-rated health (SRH) and smoking (ie, a leading cause of health inequalities) in Europe.

Methods: Data of adolescents aged 14-17 years old were obtained from the 2013 SILNE survey (smoking inequalities: learning from natural experiments), carried out in 50 schools in 6 European cities (N=10 900).

Trajectories of students' well-being in secondary education in Germany and differences by social background.

Background: Subjective well-being (SWB) is an important indicator of quality of life, but prior research mostly analyzed adolescents' subjective well-being in cross-sectional studies. There is a lack of studies examining changes in subjective well-being throughout adolescence using longitudinal panel data. This study examined trajectories of subjective well-being of adolescents in Germany throughout secondary education and differences by socioeconomic position, gender and family structure.

Class-Level School Performance and Life Satisfaction: Differential Sensitivity for Low- and High-Performing School-Aged Children.

This study investigates whether class-level school performance affects students' life satisfaction and if there are differential effects for high- and low-performing students. Data were derived from the National Educational Panel Study, including n = 5196 students (49.6% girls), nested in 478 classes and 250 secondary schools.

Is being a "small fish in a big pond" bad for students´ psychosomatic health? A multilevel study on the role of class-level school performance.

Background: Features of schools and classes are closely related to students´ health and wellbeing. However, class composition (e.g.

Students' Motivation for Sport Activity and Participation in University Sports: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Background: Physical activity among students is essential for complimenting sedentary behavior and for individuals' future health. This study investigates reasons for sport engagement among students and addresses the utilization of university sports programs (USP) by employing a mixed-methods approach.

Methods: The NuPhA-Study consists of a quantitative online survey (n=689) followed by qualitative interviews (n=20).

How Does Social Behavior Relate to Both Grades and Achievement Scores?

Prosocial behavior and peer problems are an important correlate of academic development; however, these effects vary by achievement measures and social behaviors. In this paper, we examined data from the German National Education Panel Study (NEPS), and we use structural equation modeling (SEM) to model the effects of prosocial behavior and peer problems on grades and competencies for both math ( = 3,310) and reading ( = 3,308) in grades 5 and 7. Our models account for the moderating effect of both gender and socioeconomic status (SES) as determined by parental education.

Perceived school climate, academic well-being and school-aged children's self-rated health: a mediator analysis.

Background: Schools are crucial settings for young people's development. Rare studies have examined the impact of perceived school-climate and academic well-being on young people's self-rated health in joint analyses. This study focuses on the role of perceived school-climate and academic well-being for young people's self-rated health and examines whether school climate is mediated by indicators of academic well-being.

Self-rated health and wellbeing among school-aged children with and without special educational needs: Differences between mainstream and special schools.

Background: Studies among students with special educational needs (SEN) in separate special schools (SSS) and mainstream schools (MS) are particularly applicable to educational attainment and social participation. However, indicators of health and wellbeing have rarely been considered.

Aims: This study investigates two related topics: first, health and wellbeing differences between students with SEN in special schools (SSS) and students without SEN in regular schools, and second, the rarely considered question whether health and wellbeing among students with SEN differ between school settings (i.