International Research Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, cilt.1, sa.11, ss.8-24, 2023 (Hakemli Dergi)
This study was organized to aim to define the university students’ healthier level of life at the sharing
basement of health literacy that balanced the workload of partners/stakeholders by influencing the relations
between the patients and physicians/doctors positively to ensure to be more successful in/during the
diagnosis and treatment services carried out on health area in the last years. In the first chapter of this
study, some operational and conceptual information were given and studied related to literature and some
research. In the second chapter, the importance, necessity of this study, research problem, sub-problems,
data collecting instrument/tool, the evaluating form of data, research World and research sample were
defined. In the last chapter of the study, the data were analyzed by using correct/suitable statistical
methods, evaluated and answered the problem and sub-problem questions by comparing, and then some
suggestions were presented and discussed. As a result of this study, it may be said that the patients and
their close relatives have a high level of health literacy and awareness and a high level of satisfaction with
the health services, which affects the process positively depending on satisfaction level and ensures
economical and time savings/advantages. At the same time, it was understood that there were very
important personal and social problems. In the study, the health literacy levels of the participants were found
to be “Moderate”. In addition, it was determined that health literacy differed according to gender, age, marital
status and number of siblings variables in the study; it was also observed that health literacy did not differ
according to educational status, income level and family type variables