SAĞLIK PROFESYONELİ ÜNİVERSİTE ÖĞRENCİLERİNDE SAĞLIK OKURYAZARLIĞI VE HASTA HAKLARI İLE İLİŞKİLİ FAKTÖRLER

Abstract

Objective: It is aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and behaviors in health literacy and patient rights of health vocational school students who will be health personnel in the future. Materials and Methods: The descriptive study was conducted between 02-28 September 2020 with the participation of 202 volunteer students using the internet survey method. A 32-item questionnaire on individuals' descriptive information, health literacy and patient rights was used. Results: It was observed that 72.3% of the students did not read books regularly and they preferred health workers in the first place to obtain information about health. A difference was observed between those who have health literacy knowledge and understand the information about their health (p