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- Title
Effect of e-Health Literacy on COVID-19 Infection-Preventive Behaviors of Undergraduate Students Majoring in Healthcare.
- Authors
Hong, Kyung Jin; Park, Noo Lee; Heo, Soo Yeon; Jung, Seo Hyun; Lee, Ye Been; Hwang, Ji Hoon; Giansanti, Daniele
- Abstract
This study examined and verified the level of e-health literacy (e-HL) and infection preventive behaviors related to COVID-19 among undergraduate students majoring in healthcare. An online survey was conducted with 274 university students majoring in nursing, clinical pathology, and occupational therapy in South Korea. The e-HL consisted of functional, communicational, and critical literacy, and preventive behaviors were based on the Prevention Guideline on Droplet Infection. The mean score for e-HL was 3.62, with nursing students obtaining the highest scores. The overall e-HL score and the scores on its three sub-dimensions were related to infection-preventive behaviors. Moreover, e-HL affected infection-preventive behaviors (p < 0.001). Findings from this study highlight the necessity of education for improving the e-HL of undergraduate students majoring in healthcare to strengthen infection-preventive behaviors and protect patients from infectious diseases.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; COVID-19; UNDERGRADUATES; CRITICAL literacy; LITERACY; NURSING students; BRAILLE
- Publication
Healthcare (2227-9032), 2021, Vol 9, Issue 5, p573
- ISSN
2227-9032
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/healthcare9050573