Hong, Kyung Jin; Park, Noo Lee; Heo, Soo Yeon; Jung, Seo Hyun; Lee, Ye Been; Hwang, Ji Hoon
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
2021May ; 9 ( 5 ) :.
PMID : 34066120
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Hong, Kyung Jin - Department of Nursing, Semyung University, Jecheon 27136, Korea.
Park, Noo Lee - Department of Nursing, Semyung University, Jecheon 27136, Korea.
Heo, Soo Yeon - Department of Nursing, Semyung University, Jecheon 27136, Korea.
Jung, Seo Hyun - Department of Nursing, Semyung University, Jecheon 27136, Korea.
Lee, Ye Been - Department of Nursing, Semyung University, Jecheon 27136, Korea.
Hwang, Ji Hoon - Department of Nursing, Semyung University, Jecheon 27136, Korea.
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.
keyword
COVID-19; e-Health literacy; preventive behavior; undergraduate students
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