Nurten Özen|Bilge Bal Özkaptan|Sabahat Co?kun|Füsun Terzio?lu
Health literacy of nursing students and its effective factors
Istinye University|Sinop University|Gülhane Askerî T?p Akademisi|Atilim University
background insufficiency health literacy negatively affects national economy leads increased health service expenditure important individuals accurate healthrelated information reduce negative effects aim aim study examine health literacy nursing students effective factors methods descriptive study carried students nursing department vocational school health sciences september october 2018 turkey semistructured questionnaire regarding descriptive features participants european health literacy scale used data collection results study included 283 nursing students 293 problematiclimited health literacy level study found statically significant difference student year high school graduation familys income level total mean score hlseu scale conclusion subject health literacy integrated educational program nursing students nurses important workforce health services awareness subject raised