Orkan Okan

Technische Universität München | TUM · Department of Sport and Health Sciences

The pandemic deeply changed young adults’ life. Lockdown period and the social restrictions dramatically affected university students’ mental health. The aim of our cross-sectional study was to describe psychological well-being, future anxiety (FA), and health complaints (HCs) in a sample of 3,001 students of the University of Florence in the middl...

The COVID-19 pandemic caused far-reaching societal changes, including significant educational impacts, affecting over 1.6 billion pupils and 100 million education practitioners globally. Senior school leaders were at the forefront; an occupation already reporting high work-related stress and large numbers leaving the profession preceding COVID-19,...

Einleitung: Besonders junge Menschen bewegen sich intensiv im digitalen Raum und nutzen diesen auch für die Recherche gesundheitlicher Themen. Bei zunehmender Informationsmenge wird dabei die Fähigkeit, Informationen gezielt finden, bewerten und verstehen zu können, immer wichtiger. Für die Erfassung der digitalen Gesundheitskompetenz (dGK) bei Erw...

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 capacities to facilitate mental health care and thus, address help-seeking barriers. A Canadian mental health li...

Background A comprehensive and agreed-upon definition of vaccine literacy (VL) could support the understanding of vaccination and help policy-makers and individuals make informed decisions about vaccines. Methods To shed some light on this debate and provide clarity, a scoping review was conducted to collect, summarize, and analyse available defin...

Our study aimed to determine the level of coronavirus-related health literacy among school administrators and the factors that influence this. The sample of this cross-sectional study consisted of 402 school administrators serving in primary, secondary and high schools in Ankara. The data were collected between September 2021 and February 2022 usin...

Einleitung: Die digitale Gesundheitskompetenz (dGK) ist eine entscheidende Schlüsselkompetenz in einer zunehmend medialen und von Informationsvielfalt geprägten Gesellschaft. Aufgrund des Bildungsauftrags stellt die Schule ein bedeutsames Setting zur Förderung von dGK dar, wobei Lehrkräften eine wichtige Vermittlungsrolle zukommt. Während Befunde z...

Background: Depression is a debilitating disorder affecting individual functioning and increase the global psychiatric mortality rates. The general population nationwide is confronted by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) which causes a spike downturn to individuals’ mental health. Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence and...

This paper addresses the critical role of health literacy during the COVID-19 infodemic and provides recommendations for decision-makers regarding how health literacy can be advanced as an empowering resource to mitigate the harmful effects of future infodemics. Based on a comprehensive literature review, key areas concerning health literacy are id...

Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) implemented to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic halted everyday life in higher education along with social and psychological impacts. The objective of our study was to explore the factors related to sense of coherence (SoC) from a gender perspective among university students in Turkey. This is a cross-sectional...

Background: The literature has identified gaps in adolescent health literacy (AHL) measurements, as well as how the health literacy (HL) level is related to health promotion (HP) aspects. This study aimed to examine the tools used to measure HL and determine its relation with HP among adolescents. Methods: Three online databases (HINARI, PubMed, a...

Background: With the growing concern and interest in the mental health and well-being of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) including those in schools, many studies have explored the bivariate relationship between subjective social status (SSS) and AYAs' subjective well-being (SWB). Acknowledging the spurious nature of this relationship, we assess...

Background: Digital health literacy (DHL) enables healthy decisions, improves protective behaviors and adherence to COVID-19 measures, especially during the era of the "infodemic", and enhances psychological well-being. Objective: We aimed to explore the mediating roles of fear of COVID-19, information satisfaction, and the importance of online...

Background Health-promoting actions might benefit from adolescent health literacy (AHL), however, there is scant research on it in Nepal. This study identifies adolescent students’ health literacy (HL) needs and trials an intervention to improve their HL and intention to take health-promoting actions. Methods This study employs a pre-and post-test...

Background Mental health concerns of university students are gaining more attention since the emergence of the coronavirus disease. Consequently, scholars in education, health and psychology‐related fields have attributed the dwindling subjective well‐being (SWB) of students to their low levels of digital health literacy (DHL). However, little atte...

Gender appears to be a strong predictor of online health information-seeking behaviour (OHISB), which is related to Digital Health Literacy (DHL). Gender differences in OHISB have been studied in different countries with different results, but no studies have investigated gender-specific OHISB among University students during the COVID-19 pandemic....

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has generated an avalanche of information, which, if not properly addressed, generates uncertainty and limits healthy decision-making. On the other hand, the pandemic has exacerbated mental health problems among young people and adolescents, causing a worsening of their wellbeing. Previous studies have found that di...

Background: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has influenced educational systems worldwide. School principals coped with numerous significant challenges regarding school management during the epidemiological crisis that could generate a lot of work-related stress. Thus, the presented study examines Polish school principals' perceived stress and its as...

Objectives The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic developed rapidly, with changing guidelines, misinformation, inaccurate health information and rumors. This situation has highlighted the importance of health literacy, especially among educators. The aims of this study were (i) to assess COVID-19-specific health literacy among school teac...

The health and well-being of school leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic have been largely neglected compared to the health and well-being of students and teachers. This study assessed the magnitude of perceived stress and well-being and the associated factors, including number of working hours, work-related sense of coherence (work-SoC), perceived...

Background: Previous research has established a strong association between COVID‐19 digital health literacy (DHL) and subjective well‐being among several populations, including students. With the growing misinformation and heightenedfear of COVID‐19 among persons with an underlying medical condition, several scholars have questioned the direct rela...

Schools are considered as important settings for health education and the promotion of functioning, healthy people. Health-promoting schools (HPS) take a holistic approach to health promotion that addresses all school levels and members of the school community. Although it is assumed that school leaders are crucial in the implementation of HPS, lit...

Dieser Beitrag verfolgt das Ziel, in die Entwicklung, Erprobung und Anwendung des HLS-Child-Q15 einzuführen. Der HLS-Child-Q15 ist ein Fragebogen zur selbstberichteten Erfassung der empfundenen Einfachheit oder Schwierigkeit des Umgangs mit gesundheitsrelevanten Informationen („subjektive Gesundheitskompetenz“). Der Fragebogen wurde auf Grundlage d...

School teachers have faced many challenges due to the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and public health-related containment measures. Recent studies have demonstrated high levels of stress and mental health issues among school teachers. To better understand teacher well-being and inform practices to support them in the face of the ongo...

Der Lebensalltag von jungen Erwachsenen ist zunehmend digital geprägt, weshalb davon auszugehen ist, dass Studierende auch bei gesundheitlichen Anliegen vielfach auf internetbasierte Informationsquellen zurückgreifen. Während die bisherige Forschung vor allem die allgemeine Gesundheitskompetenz in den Blick genommen hat, mangelt es jedoch an Erkenn...

Background This study examines the extent to which schools implement activities on health promotion and prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, potential differences with regard to demographic variables, school type, state, and participation in state public health and health promotion initiatives are determined. Methods As part of the i...

Background Digital communication technologies had a crucial role during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the internet and Social Media as highly frequented sources for retrieving health information. University student's health and well-being were highly affected and most interaction with peers and professionals migrated to the digital realm, which made...

Gender appears to be a strong predictor of online health information-seeking behaviour (OHISB). Gender differences in OHISB have been studied in different countries with different results, but no studies investigated gender-specific behaviour among University students during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has brought with it a consequential infodemic...

Background Mental illnesses are amongst the leading causes of ill-health and disability, with most onset of many mental health problems (ca. 75%) emerging before the age of 25 years. Thus, adolescence is an important time period for preventive measures, such as strengthening mental health literacy (MHL). This review aims to give an overview of thos...

Background When measuring children’s health literacy (HL) with self-report questionnaires, there is doubt whether high scores reflect good HL, or if they are caused by social desirability bias, meaning that children present themselves favorably. This study explores how the tendency to answer in a socially desirable way impacts HL scores. Methods A...

Background Little is known about how easy it is for children to deal with coronavirus-related information, or to what degree children have accurate knowledge about the virus. However, both might influence children’s preventive behaviors. Thus, this study explores children’s coronavirus-related health literacy (CHL) and related knowledge. Methods I...

In 2019, Sars-Cov-2 caused the greatest pandemic the modern world has ever faced. The pandemic was unprecedented regarding its effects on all aspects of society. Since the outbreak, debates on vaccines have been elevated in public health. The pandemic also emerged into a game changer regarding health communication and information delivery. With dig...

The promotion and enhancement of health literacy in school-aged children is an important public health and education goal. To ensure healthy behaviours and attitudes in adulthood, children and adolescents have to learn about health and well-being early in life. Toward this goal, schools are considered the most important setting to address health li...

Background There are few valid, age-appropriate tools to assess children's HL. The German-language European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire Adapted for Children (HLS-Child-Q15-DE) is a self-report questionnaire adapted from the adult European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire. In 2021, this instrument was translated and validated in the Net...

Background In the age of ‘infodemic,’ children and young people encounter health-related information in digital environments at an early age. They should therefore learn how to deal with these in a health-competent way while still at school. Above all, it is relevant that they learn how to distinguish good health information from false. This can be...

Background Although children are identified as a key target group for interventions targeting the development of health literacy, little data is available on children's health literacy and how it is related to health outcomes at a young age. This study addresses this research gap by providing data on fourth-graders’ health literacy and associated h...

Background Fostering health literacy is considered an important objective within school-based strategies of health promotion. To effectively strengthen health literacy in the school setting the approach of organizational health literacy can be transferred to and implemented in schools. This approach combines behaviour-focused measures (providing in...

Health literacy describes how people use health information to make informed decisions in context of healthcare, disease prevention and health promotion. Enhancing health literacy of populations is critical and in particular important at an early age, which is understood to be more sustainable because health literacy contributes to improved persona...

To date, we know little about COVID-19-related health literacy among school leaders, particularly in East Asia. The present study aimed to assess the level of COVID-19-related health literacy and associated factors (vaccine hesitancy, self-endangering behaviour, and work satisfaction) among school leaders in Hong Kong. A cross-sectional study of 25...

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 o...

Einleitung Bislang liegen wenige Studien zur Gesundheitskompetenz und psychischen Gesundheit von Menschen mit chronischer Erkrankung und/oder Behinderung während der Pandemie vor. Für diese Gruppe besteht ein erhöhtes Risiko für die körperliche und psychische Gesundheit. Ziel des Beitrages ist (1) die coronaspezifische und digitale Gesundheitskompe...

Objectives Examine if pre-COVID-19 pandemic (prior March 2020) health-related behaviours during primary school are associated with (1) being tested for SARS-CoV-2 and (2) testing positive between 1 March 2020 and 31 August 2021. Design Retrospective cohort study using an online cohort survey (January 2018 to February 2020) linked with routine PCR...

Zusammenfassung Von 2014 bis 2022 fördert das BMBF fünf Forschungsverbünde der Präventionsforschung und Gesundheitsförderung, die ebenfalls über eine gemeinsame Koordination verfügen (Forschungsnetzwerk Primärprävention und Gesundheitsförderung, www.fp2g.net). Die Forschenden haben eine Vielzahl relevanter Forschungsergebnisse erarbeitet und Erkenn...

Einleitung Bislang liegen wenige Studien zur Gesundheitskompetenz und psychischen Gesundheit von Menschen mit chronischer Erkrankung und/oder Behinderung während der Pandemie vor. Für diese Gruppe besteht ein erhöhtes Risiko für die körperliche und psychische Gesundheit. Ziel des Beitrages ist (1) die coronaspezifische und digitale Gesundheitskompe...

Background School principals have been reported to have a higher prevalence of burnout and psychological problems than their colleagues. During the pandemic, extra workload and pressure from unprecedented situations potentially cause fear, stress and depression. Therefore, we aimed to explore associated factors of stress, fear of COVID-19 (F-CoV-19...

(1) Background: Health literacy is considered a personal asset, important for meeting health-related challenges of the 21st century. Measures for assisting students’ health literacy development and improving health outcomes can be implemented in the school setting. First, this is achieved by providing students with learning opportunities to foster...

For the management of the COVID-19 pandemic, risk communication has been a much-needed preventive and educative action to support citizens – including children – to adopt preventive and health protective measures. However, the COVID-19 pandemic is not the only health concern at hand that has raised concerns about the health status of children and r...

Zusammenfassung Gesundheitsbezogene Informationen werden zunehmend über digitale Medien angeboten und vor allem von jungen Altersgruppen häufig rezipiert. Diese Entwicklung wurde durch die COVID-19 Pandemie beschleunigt. Vor diesem Hintergrund nimmt die digitale Gesundheitskompetenz einen höheren Stellenwert ein. Im Vordergrund dieses Beitrags steh...

Zusammenfassung Das Unterrichtsprogramm „Toolbox“ soll die Förderung der Gesundheitskompetenz von Schüler:innen durch Lehrkräfte anleiten. Es wurde durch die Verknüpfung obligatorischer Rahmenvorgaben der Digital- und Medienbildung in Schulen, sowie entlang der Dimensionen der Gesundheitskompetenz (Finden, Verstehen und Bewerten) strukturiert. Die...

Zusammenfassung Gesundheitskompetenz adressiert den Umgang mit gesundheitsbezogenen Informationen. Dazu gehören die Fähigkeiten des Individuums, aber auch die des Gesundheitssystems, responsiv auf diese Fähigkeiten einzugehen. Trotz großer Fortschritte in den letzten Jahren besteht hoher wissenschaftlicher Entwicklungsbedarf, z.B. im Hinblick auf D...

Zusammenfassung Die coronaspezifische Gesundheitskompetenz der Bevölkerung in Deutschland lag im Jahr 2020 zwischen 34,8% und 50,1%, wobei sie sich im Jahresverlauf signifikant verbessert hatte. Einem großen Teil der Bevölkerung fällt es nicht immer leicht, mit Gesundheitsinformationen zu Covid-19 umzugehen, so wie es die hier beschriebene HLS-Covi...

Zusammenfassung Das GeKoOrg-Schule Konzept beschreibt in acht Standards die organisationale Gesundheitskompetenz von Schulen. Die Standards greifen Gestaltungsbereiche der Schulorganisation zur Optimierung und damit zur nachhaltigen Stärkung von Gesundheitskompetenz auf. Das umfassende Konzept setzt auf Veränderungen in der Schule durch Maßnahmen a...

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Gesundheitskompetenz gilt heute als wichtige Ressource. Schulen sind bedeutsame Wirkstätten im Leben junger Menschen und können maßgeblich zur Stärkung von Gesundheitskompetenz beitragen. Dies auf dem klassischen verhaltensorientierten Weg über Lernangebote, aber auch über einen verhältnisorientierten Ansatz, indem die...

The Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic and the associated “infodemic” have shown the importance of surveillance and promotion of health literacy, especially for young adults such as university students who use digital media to a very high degree. This study aimed to assess the validity and reliability of the Italian version of the COVID-19...

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Die vorliegende Studie untersucht, in welchem Ausmaß Schulen Maßnahmen der Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention während der COVID-19-Pandemie umsetzen. Von besonderem Interesse sind hierbei Unterschiede nach demografischen Variablen, Schulform, Bundesland und die Beteiligung an Landesinitiativen der Gesundheitsförderung....

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Es bestehen sozioökonomische Disparitäten in der Inanspruchnahme gesundheitsfördernder und primärpräventiver Maßnahmen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen. Ziel der Arbeit Ziel ist es, einen breiten Überblick über Ansätze zur Erhöhung der Reichweite in der Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention bei vulnerablen Kindern und Jugend...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a growing interest in online information about coronavirus worldwide. This study aimed to investigate the digital health literacy (DHL) level, information-seeking behaviour, and satisfaction of information on COVID-19 among East and South East Asia university students. This cross-sectional web-based study was...

Background This study investigates university students’ digital health literacy and web-based information-seeking behaviours during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in England. It compares undergraduate and postgraduate students in non-health related subjects with health care students, many of whom were preparing for, or working in, frontl...

Zusammenfassung Das vorliegende „DNVF Memorandum Gesundheitskompetenz (Teil 2) – Operationalisierung und Messung von Gesundheitskompetenz aus Sicht der Versorgungsforschung“ des Deutschen Netzwerks Versorgungsforschung e.V. (DNVF) stellt die Fortführung des Memorandums „DNVF Memorandum Gesundheitskompetenz (Teil 1) – Hintergrund, Gegenstand und Fra...

The COVID-19 pandemic and the concomitant infodemic have emphasized the importance of digital health literacy (DHL) to global public health research and practice. The aim of this study was to examine information-seeking behavior, the ability to find, understand and deal with health information among university college students in Denmark and/in add...

The COVID-19 pandemic and the concomitant infodemic have emphasized the importance of digital health literacy (DHL) to global public health research and practice. The aim of this study was to examine information-seeking behavior, the ability to find, understand and deal with health information among university college students in Denmark and/in add...

The COVID-19 pandemic and the concomitant infodemic have emphasized the importance of digital health literacy (DHL) to global public health research and practice. The aim of this study was to examine information-seeking behavior, the ability to find, understand and deal with health information among university college students in Denmark and/in add...

Digital health literacy is crucial in accessing and applying health information in the COVID-19 pandemic period. Young college students are exposed daily to digital technologies, and they have further increased the use of digital information during the COVID-19 period. This study aimed to adapt DHLI into Korean and to assess the psychometric proper...