Relationship between eHealth literacy
and health promoting behaviors among
nursing students
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Title
Relationship between eHealth literacy
and health promoting behaviors among
nursing students
and health promoting behaviors among
nursing students
Subject
eHealth literacy; health-promoting behaviors; nursing students
Description
Background: Utilizing health literacy is important in establishing
knowledgeable health advancements and practices, which can become
deterrents to promoting a healthy lifestyle. Technological advancements
improve health information availability and accessibility, potentially affecting
the users’ proficiency and their capability in applying the accessed health
information. However, obtaining health information through information
technology for health promotion requires e-health literacy.
Purpose: This study aimed to determine the relationship between eHealth
literacy and health-promoting lifestyle behaviors among nursing students.
Methods: A descriptive-correlational study was applied to 131 nursing
students recruited through a purposive sampling method from a nursing
school in the Philippine. The researchers adopted the original English
version of the e-Health Literacy Scale and Health-Promoting Lifestyle
Profile II (HPLP) to collect the data. The gathered data were analyzed using
descriptive analysis, frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation,
and the correlation using Pearson’s r correlation.
Results: A total of 131 nursing students were employed in the study, with a
mean age of 20.14 (±1.22). Participants were female (71.8%) and were Level
1 students (44.3%). The mean of the total sum score for eHealth literacy was
31.24 (±4.30), while the overall item mean was 3.92 (±0.54). On the other
hand, the health-promoting behavior has a mean score of 2.43 (±0.43), while
its subscales have a mean score of 2.46 (±0.45) for nutrition, 2.45 (±0.62)
for physical activity, and 2.39 (±0.47) for health responsibility. EHealth
literacy was found to have a significant relationship with the students’ healthpromoting
behavior (r=0.245, p=0.005). Hence, students with a high level of
eHealth literacy are more inclined to perform healthy behaviors.
Conclusion: The results of this study showed that developing strategies to
improve the e-health literacy of nursing students may contribute to maintaining
their health-promoting behaviors. Identified intervention strategies based
on eHealth literacy are needed to encourage healthy practices, which may
reduce the risks of illnesses due to unhealthy lifestyle behaviors among
nursing students.
knowledgeable health advancements and practices, which can become
deterrents to promoting a healthy lifestyle. Technological advancements
improve health information availability and accessibility, potentially affecting
the users’ proficiency and their capability in applying the accessed health
information. However, obtaining health information through information
technology for health promotion requires e-health literacy.
Purpose: This study aimed to determine the relationship between eHealth
literacy and health-promoting lifestyle behaviors among nursing students.
Methods: A descriptive-correlational study was applied to 131 nursing
students recruited through a purposive sampling method from a nursing
school in the Philippine. The researchers adopted the original English
version of the e-Health Literacy Scale and Health-Promoting Lifestyle
Profile II (HPLP) to collect the data. The gathered data were analyzed using
descriptive analysis, frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation,
and the correlation using Pearson’s r correlation.
Results: A total of 131 nursing students were employed in the study, with a
mean age of 20.14 (±1.22). Participants were female (71.8%) and were Level
1 students (44.3%). The mean of the total sum score for eHealth literacy was
31.24 (±4.30), while the overall item mean was 3.92 (±0.54). On the other
hand, the health-promoting behavior has a mean score of 2.43 (±0.43), while
its subscales have a mean score of 2.46 (±0.45) for nutrition, 2.45 (±0.62)
for physical activity, and 2.39 (±0.47) for health responsibility. EHealth
literacy was found to have a significant relationship with the students’ healthpromoting
behavior (r=0.245, p=0.005). Hence, students with a high level of
eHealth literacy are more inclined to perform healthy behaviors.
Conclusion: The results of this study showed that developing strategies to
improve the e-health literacy of nursing students may contribute to maintaining
their health-promoting behaviors. Identified intervention strategies based
on eHealth literacy are needed to encourage healthy practices, which may
reduce the risks of illnesses due to unhealthy lifestyle behaviors among
nursing students.
Creator
Leana Flordeliza D. Agapito1, Alyssa Marielle M. Cortez1 , Auryjeena C.
Fong1 , Christiene Jann S. Sanchez1, Kathyrine A. Calong Calong1 ,
Carissa Juliana Balaria2 , Gil P. Soriano3
Fong1 , Christiene Jann S. Sanchez1, Kathyrine A. Calong Calong1 ,
Carissa Juliana Balaria2 , Gil P. Soriano3
Source
http://jkp.fkep.unpad.ac.id/index.
php/jkp
php/jkp
Date
August 28, 2024
Contributor
PERI IRAWAN
Format
PDF
Language
ENGLISH
Type
TEXT
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Citation
Leana Flordeliza D. Agapito1, Alyssa Marielle M. Cortez1 , Auryjeena C.
Fong1 , Christiene Jann S. Sanchez1, Kathyrine A. Calong Calong1 ,
Carissa Juliana Balaria2 , Gil P. Soriano3, “Relationship between eHealth literacy
and health promoting behaviors among
nursing students,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed February 11, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/10721.
and health promoting behaviors among
nursing students,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed February 11, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/10721.