doctoral project
Organisational Health Literacy, Quality Management, Occupational Health Management and Professional Education in Health Care: Opportunities for sustainable implementation of the concept of organisational health literacy in a mixed methods study
Topic/content
When it comes to health literacy - i.e. the ability to find, understand, assess and use health information - the framework conditions, requirements and complexity of organisations play a central role in addition to the individual abilities of people. The relational approach to health literacy is known under the concept of organisational health literacy. It refers to the ability of organisations to provide health information and services in such a way that patients, clients and their relatives can easily understand and use them.
Although the concept of organisational health literacy has gained considerable importance in recent years both in research and in practice in German-speaking countries, the studies to date indicate that the concept has not yet been systematically anchored in practical implementation. The doctoral project therefore investigates the possibilities for sustainable implementation of the concept of organisational health literacy in health care, including in the areas of quality management, occupational health management and professional education.
In order to achieve the research objective, experts from the fields of Quality Management, Health Care Management and professional education, continuing education and training of health care professionals will be interviewed on the topic of implementing the concept of organisational health literacy in the structures and processes of health care. By combining quantitative and qualitative methods, the aim is to gain practical insights and develop a needs-oriented concept as well as concrete recommendations for action for a sustainable implementation of the concept of organisational health literacy in health care.
Curriculum Vitae
Academic and professional qualifications
2024: Doctoral student at the doctoral research centre Public Health
2022: M.Sc. Public Health
2018: B.Sc. Dental Hygiene and Prevention Management
Academic activities
Since 2023: Research assistant at the Department of Health Sciences at Fulda University of Applied Sciences
Publications (examples)
László, E., Spatzier, D. & Rathmann, K. (2024). Development, pretesting and testing of self-assessment instruments to assess organisational health literacy in health care facilities. Prevention and health promotion. doi.org/10.1007/s11553-024-01136-w
László, E., Sendatzki, S. & Rathmann, K. (2024). Information-seeking behaviour and digital health literacy of students in Germany during the Corona pandemic: Results of an online survey as part of the GhoStiH study. Prevention and health promotion. doi.org/10.1007/s11553-024-01141-z
Rathmann, K. & László, E. (2024). Health literacy. In: Hartung, S., Wihofsky, P. (eds.) Health and sustainability. Springer Reference Pflege - Therapie - Gesundheit. doi.10.1007/978-3-662-64954-1_12-1
Rathmann, K., Münch, I., Fischbock, N., Häberle, N., László, E., Blitzer, E. & Dierks, M. (2024). Developing and implementing health literacy in the health system: Needs and challenges for quality management. QUALITAS 23, 27-29. doi.org/10.1007/s43831-024-0184-9
Presentations (examples)
László, E., Spatzier, D. & Rathmann, K. (2024). Effectiveness and conditions for success of the implementation of measures to strengthen organisational health literacy in hospitals, nursing facilities and integration assistance: Evaluation results within the project "EwiKo". 2nd Annual Conference of the German Network Health Literacy, Fulda (07.06.2024)
Rathmann, K., László, E., & Spatzier, D. (2024). Promoting organisational health literacy in health care and integration assistance facilities: Experiences from practice and evaluation results. German Network Health Literacy, online (22.01.2024)
László, E., Wetzel, L., Spatzier, D. & Rathmann, K. (2023). Adaptation, pretesting and testing of a self-assessment instrument for organisational health literacy for hospitals, nursing and integration assistance facilities: Results from the "EwiKo" project, Fulda (21.11.2023)
László, E. & Rathmann, K. (2023). Digital health literacy and information behaviour of students in Germany during the Corona pandemic: Results of an online survey as part of the GhoStiH study. Annual conference of the DGSMP, DNGK and NAP GK, Hanover (29 August 2023)
