Designing and Implementing of a Learning Management Process for Enhancing Health Literacy among Nursing Students: An Application of Design-Based Research

The research objectives were: to design and develop a learning management process to enhance nursing students’ health literacy by applying the social cognitive theory with design-based research; and 2) to study the post implementation results of the learning management process on health literacy among nursing students. The sample consisted of 60 undergraduate nursing students. The research instruments included the use of learning management plans based on the social cognitive theory with design-based research; and the health literacy of the nursing student’s scale. The data was analyzed utilizing descriptive statistics, Hotelling T2, and MANCOVA. The findings were: 1) the learning management processes to enhance the health literacy of nursing students by applying design-based research consisted of five steps: (i) learning and understanding of self and others, (ii) inquiry and exchange, (iii) consideration and decision making, (iv) modifying the actions, and (v) reflections and transfers; 2) The health literacy scores of nursing students in the experimental group after intervention were significantly higher than for the control group at a level of .05 and the health literacy scores of nursing students in the experimental group on the posttest after manipulation were significantly higher than for the control group at.05