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Purpose: This study assessed the levels of COVID-19 literacy among university students in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach: A cross-sectional survey method was adopted using an online questionnaire for data collection. A total of 371 received questionnaires were analyzed by calculating the means, standard deviations, Pearson correlations, and t-test. Research limitation(s): The results should be generalized with caution as study is not the representative of the whole university students’ community in Pakistan. Key finding(s): A large majority (83.3%) of students had COVID-19 literacy at a sub-optimal level as more than half of the sample exhibited literacy at moderate levels, followed by those having low levels. There was a statistically significant relationship of COVID-19 literacy with the geographical background, which meant that the urban student had higher literacy as compared to rural students. Practical implication(s): These findings had serious implications for public health in Pakistan calling for an improvement in health education. The university and library administration should develop a need-based mechanism to improve health literacy of students as they act as an agent of information delivery for those around them. Contribution to knowledge: It would be a worthy contribution to the existing literature on health literacy in general and COVID-19 literacy in particular as limited research has been conducted so far.
Muhammad Asif Naveed, Rozeen Shaukat. (2020) Assessing the Levels of COVID-19 Literacy Among University Students, International Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, Volume-5, Issue-1.
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