Relationship between health literacy and health behaviors of pharmacy students, Mahasarakham University

Abstract

This research aimed to investigate the level of health literacy, health behaviors and the relationship between HL and health behaviors. The sample was composed of 242 pharmacy students, Mahasarakham University. Data were collected using questionnaires of health literacy and health behaviors. The data analysis includes frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. The study revealed that pharmacy students had a moderate level of HL and health behaviors. The relationship between HL and health behaviors was moderately positive with statistic significant (r = 0.531, p<0.01).