Predicting Preventive Covid-19 Disease Behaviors Based on Health Literacy Withthe Mediating Role of Media and Social Responsibility in Adults Living in Ahvaz

One of the ways to deal with Covid-19 disease is 19 preventive behaviorsthat seem to be affected by different factors. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to predict thepreventive behaviors of Covid- 19 disease based on health literacy with the mediating role of mediainformation belief and social responsibility.

This descriptive and correlational study was performed on 247 adults in Ahvaz inthe summer of 2020. The research sample was selected using available sampling and they answeredonline the questionnaires whose validity and reliability were confirmed.. Data were analyzed using Spss,Amose software, descriptive and analytical statistics.

The results showed that the indirect coefficients between believing in media information (P=0.000,β=0.04) and social responsibility (P=0.000, β=0.11) with preventive behaviors of corona disease were significant.The proposed research model also had a good fit (RMSEA= 0.05, P=0.20, X2/df: 1.63, X2: 1.63).

The results showed that health literacy is both directly and indirectly related to corona diseaseprevention behaviors through belief in media information and social responsibility. Therefore, toincrease the preventive behaviors of corona disease in individuals, we can use the influence of the mediaand strengthen social responsibility in individuals.