TY - JOUR AU - Ucharattana, Prangtip AU - Tudsri, Pranee AU - Bunsong, Duangnapha PY - 2022/09/05 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Health Literacy and Self-protective Behaviors from Coronavirus Disease 2019 among Nursing Students JF - Journal of Research in Nursing-Midwifery and Health Sciences JA - JRN-MHS VL - 42 IS - 3 SE - Research Articles DO - UR - https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/nur-psu/article/view/257630 SP - 14-24 AB - <p>Objectives: To assess the level of health literacy, and self-protective behaviors from coronavirus disease 2019, and examine the relationship between health literacy and self-protective behaviors among nursing students. Methods: A cross-section descriptive study was conducted. The target population consisted of 677 nursing students who studied for the academic year 2021. Data were collected using a questionnaire to assess health literacy and self-protective behaviors. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients. Results: The results showed that 64.30% of nursing students reported overall health literacy at a good level. Approximately 60.90% of nursing students reported self-protective behaviors related to Covid-19 at a good level. The result also found that there was a significant correlation between health literacy and self-protective behaviors (r = .52, p &lt; .001). Conclusion: Based on the results, nursing institutions should be concerned about health literacy among nursing students by integrating it into the nursing curriculum and developing learning-teaching methods to improve analytical thinking, information for decision, and effective communication skills.</p> ER -