The relationship between Health literacy and Behaviors to Prevent Coronavirus 2019 of Public Health Department Students Kalasin University

Abstract

This research was cross-sectional analytic study. The purposes of this research were: 1) to study behaviors to prevent Coronavirus 2019 2) to study health literacy and behaviors to prevent Coronavirus 2019, and 3) to study the relationship between health literacy and behaviors to prevent Coronavirus 2019 in Public Health Department Students. The data were collected with the population of all 360 students in Public Health in the academic year 2022, using a questionnaire. The data was analyzed by using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient.

                   The result found that most of the Public Health Department Students had behaviors to prevent Coronavirus 2019 was good level. The health literacy and behaviors to prevent Coronavirus 2019 overall was a good level. Moreover, when analyzing the relationship between health literacy and behaviors to prevent Coronavirus 2019, Public Health Department Students found that health literacy was positively correlated with behaviors to prevent Coronavirus 2019 significantly at the .001 level. When considering related aspects found that Cognitive, Communication skill , Media literacy and Self-management were positively correlated with behaviors to prevent Coronavirus 2019 significantly at the .001 level. And Access to health information and services was positively correlated with behaviors to prevent Coronavirus 2019 significantly at the .05 level.