Dilek Kolca, Ayhan Ozsahin, Gulhan Kalmuk
The degree of health literacy in Turkey before and after the COVID-19 epidemic is compared in this study. This study’s objective is to determine how public health is affected by pandemics in terms of health literacy. The quantitative data gathering approach was used to plan the study. 332 individuals made up the sample. The Turkish Health Literacy Scale, whose reliability and validity were examined by Okyay and Abacgil (2016), was utilized in the study. SPSS 22.0 program was used to examine the data. The outcomes of data collected before and after the pandemic were compared. The participants’ overall health literacy index score was determined to be 41.8. Demographic data and scale sub-factors; Significant differences were found in age, education, occupation, social security, and the comparison of income and expenditure. The pre-pandemic health literacy index for Turkey was 29.5. The health literacy index score in this study was 41.8. The research shows that there is a considerable impact of the pandemic on the level of health literacy when the index values before and after the pandemic are compared. The participants’ degree of understanding of health related KMO declines as they get older. Those who were health workers showed greater levels of access to health-related information, comprehension, and knowledge evaluation than did participants from other categories. Additionally, it was discovered that when participants’ educational levels rise, it gets simpler to access, comprehend, and assess knowledge of health-related topics. Our study also found that as income increases, so does people’s capacity to access and understand health-related information.
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