KundiG 2026-2027 - Verbreitung digitaler Gesundheitskompetenz in der Selbsthilfe

Project Leaders

Dr. Gabriele Seidel, Prof. Dr. Marie-Luise Dierks

Project Duration

January 2026–December 2027

Project Sponsors

BAG SELBSTHILFE, the Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse State Self-Help Working Group, and BARMER

Institutions

Institute for Epidemiology, Social Medicine, and Health Systems Research, MHH
BAG SELBSTHILFE
LAG Selbsthilfe Hessen
LAG Selbsthilfe Rhineland-Palatinate

Research Associate

Marius Hartmann

The goal of the participatively developed course program “KundiG – Navigating the Healthcare System Smartly and Digitally” is to promote digital health literacy among both chronically ill and healthy people in Germany. Accordingly, topic areas, methods, and recruitment channels were developed and are continuously updated. Using interactive learning elements, participants are supported in finding, understanding, critically evaluating, and, where appropriate, applying digital health information, services, and applications.

This participatory project is being carried out in cooperation with BARMER, BAG Selbsthilfe e.V. (Federal Working Group for Self-Help by People with Disabilities, Chronic Illnesses, and Their Relatives), the State Working Groups for Self-Help (LAG Selbsthilfe Hessen and LAG Selbsthilfe Rheinland-Pfalz), and the Patient University at Hannover Medical School.

Over the course of a two-year project phase, topic areas, methods, recruitment channels, and materials will be continuously updated, and the courses designed to improve digital health literacy—each with 8–12 participants—will be evaluated using standardized methods. The accompanying evaluation serves to review and adapt the content to the needs and requirements of the target groups and to assess the participants’ digital health literacy. In addition, the course instructors are trained by the Patient University of Hannover Medical School.

Further information is available at https://kundig-aktiv.de/