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Mental Health And Health Literacy Among College Students, Selam Walker
Mental Health And Health Literacy Among College Students, Selam Walker
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Background: The study evaluates whether there is an association between mental health and health literacy among college students. Mental health refers to the emotional, psychological, and social wellbeing of an individual. “Health Literacy refers to the capacity of an individual to obtain, process and understand basic health information needed to make an informed health decision.”
Methods: This was a secondary data analysis of an existing data on college students. Descriptive and bivariate analyses were conducted with p values less than .05 used to denote significance.
Results: In this study, 46.3% of the participants reported mild to moderate or …