The mediating role of health literacy in the relationship between self-care and planned behavior against Covid-19

• Published in: BMC infectious diseases Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 608 - 8
• Main Authors: Panahi, Sirous, Ghalavand, Hossein
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 20.06.2024; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Attitudes; Coronaviruses; Correlation coefficient; Correlation coefficients; COVID-19; COVID-19 - psychology; Female; Health Behavior; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health Literacy; Humans; Hygiene; Literacy; Male; Mean; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Norms; Pandemic; Quantitative research; Random variables; SARS-CoV-2; Self Care - psychology; Self-care; Self-care, Health; Statistical analysis; Students; Students - psychology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Theory of planned behavior; Young Adult; Iran; Health literacy; Pandemic; Covid-19; Self-care; Theory of planned behavior

Planned behaviors and self-care against the coronavirus are two important factor in controlling its spread and self-care behaviors depend on the level of health literacy. This research was conducted to determine the mediating role of health literacy in the relationship between elements of planned be...