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New Approaches to Health Literacy

Linking Different Perspectives

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Editors:
  1. Luis A. Saboga-Nunes

    1. Institut für Soziologie, Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

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  2. Uwe H. Bittlingmayer

    1. Institut für Soziologie, Pädagogische Hochschule, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

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  3. Orkan Okan

    1. Fakultat für Erziehungswissenschaft, Universitat Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

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  4. Diana Sahrai

    1. Institut für Spezielle Pädagogik und Psychologie, Pädagogische Hochschule Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Basel, Switzerland

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  • Comprehensive and contemporary overview of analytical, empirical and theoretical health literacy research in children and adolescents
  • Exploring unique and never before addressed critical aspects of health literacy research from perspectives such as sociology, critical theory and health sciences
  • International research co-authored by leading health literacy experts and researchers from three different continents

Part of the book series: Gesundheit und Gesellschaft (GESUND)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Linking Different Perspectives: Some Introductory Remarks

    • Luis A. Saboga-Nunes
    Pages 1-8

  3. State of the Art or Back to the Basics?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Health Literacy in the Context of Health Inequality – A Framing and a Research Overview

      • Uwe H. Bittlingmayer, Stefanie Harsch, Zeynep Islertas
      Pages 11-43

    3. Health Literacy in Childhood and Adolescence: An Integrative Review

      • Orkan Okan, Torsten M. Bollweg, Janine Bröder
      Pages 45-64

    4. Health Literacy and Multimodal Adapted Communication

      • Anja Blechschmidt
      Pages 65-82

    5. The Significance of Health Literacy for Public Health and Health Promotion

      • Eva Maria Bitzer, Hanna E. Schwendemann
      Pages 83-97

    6. Renewing the Conceptual Framework for Health Literacy: The Contribution of Salutogenesis to Tapered the Health Gap

      • Luis A. Saboga-Nunes, Didier Jourdain, Uwe H. Bittlingmayer
      Pages 99-120

  4. Health Literacy in the Education Setting

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. Implementing Complex Interventions in Childcare Settings: Potentials and Challenges of Creating Screen Media Sensitive Environments for a Healthier Childhood

      • Hanna E. Schwendemann, Simone Flaig, Lea Kuntz, Anja Stiller, Paula Bleckmann, Thomas Mößle et al.
      Pages 123-144

    3. Towards New Perspectives on Health Literacy for Children: From ‘Health Information’ to Recognizing Young Citizens’ Capacities for Meaning-Making (Debate from a ‘Liquid Network’)

      • Paulo Pinheiro, Shanti George, Orkan Okan, Elise Sijthoff, Uwe H. Bittlingmayer, Rahel Kahlert et al.
      Pages 145-166

    4. Mental Health Literacy―Do We Need Another Health Literacy Concept?

      • Dirk Bruland, Patricia Graf
      Pages 167-182

    5. Health Literacy and its Determinants in 11 and 12-year-old School Children in Germany

      • Agnes Santha, Uwe H. Bittlingmayer, Torsten M. Bollweg, Jürgen Gerdes, Orkan Okan, Gözde Ökcu et al.
      Pages 183-199

  5. Some Cultural Dimensions of Health Literacy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201
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    2. The Importance of New Media and eHealth Information in the Everyday Life of Female Adolescents with Turkish Migration Background in Germany

      • Zeynep Islertas
      Pages 203-222

    3. Health without formal Education?

      • Stefanie Harsch, Asadullah Jawid, M. Ebrahim Jawid, Luis A. Saboga-Nunes, Uwe H. Bittlingmayer, Diana Sahrai et al.
      Pages 223-246

    4. Reflections on Health Literacy in the European and Colombian Context

      • Isabella C. Bertschi, Lilliana Villa-Vélez
      Pages 247-259

    5. Health Literacy in Afghanistan − Astonishing Insights Provoke a Re-Consideration of the Common Concept and Measures of Health Literacy

      • Asadullah Jawid, Stefanie Harsch, M. Ebrahim Jawid
      Pages 261-287

  6. Future Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 289-289
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    2. Health Literacy Champions

      • Kristine Sørensen
      Pages 291-302
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About this book

In this anthology of health literacy, drawing on New Social Literacy studies and contemporary debates on equity, we discuss health literacy within German regional and cultural contexts as well as in selected non-European regions, such as in Asia and South America. Topics include unique reviews on health literacy, new empirical results on different population groups, in-depth ethnographic insights into social contexts, interventions intended to improve health literacy, and innovative theoretical dialogs. The discussions within this book provide new ideas and intriguing new results, also shedding light on the explanatory power of the health literacy concept as well as its boundaries.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Soziologie, Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

    Luis A. Saboga-Nunes

  • Institut für Soziologie, Pädagogische Hochschule, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

    Uwe H. Bittlingmayer

  • Fakultat für Erziehungswissenschaft, Universitat Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

    Orkan Okan

  • Institut für Spezielle Pädagogik und Psychologie, Pädagogische Hochschule Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Basel, Switzerland

    Diana Sahrai

About the editors

Luis A. Saboga-Nunes, Associated Visiting Professor, University of Education Freiburg, Institute of Sociology; ENSP Public Health Research Centre, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa

Uwe H. Bittlingmayer, Professor of Sociology, University of Education Freiburg

Orkan Okan, Postdoc, Faculty of Educational Science and Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Literacy, Bielefeld University

Diana Sahrai, Head of the Professorship Social Learning under Difficult Conditions, School of Education FHNW


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: New Approaches to Health Literacy

  • Book Subtitle: Linking Different Perspectives

  • Editors: Luis A. Saboga-Nunes, Uwe H. Bittlingmayer, Orkan Okan, Diana Sahrai

  • Series Title: Gesundheit und Gesellschaft

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-30909-1

  • Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-30908-4Published: 21 November 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-30909-1Published: 20 November 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2626-6172

  • Series E-ISSN: 2626-6180

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 326

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Medical Sociology, Public Health, Medicine/Public Health, general, Sociology, general

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