Özet:

Human behavior in pandemics changes under the influence of many factors and causes various social consequences. Countries make interventions that affect public life in order to create the right health behaviors during pandemic periods. The society's response to these interventions is closely related to the level of health literacy. This study was conducted to examine the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the level of health literacy and the demographic dimensions of this effect. The research was applied to the participants aged 18 and over in the Sivas universe using the digital survey technique in the Whatsapp and Telegram sample. As a result of the research, the health literacy score was found to be 32.00 (limited-problematic category). In the study, it was found that women understand health-related information better than men, reading books/newspapers/magazines has a 1.5% effect on health literacy, and the level of education and preference for health organizations has a 5.3% effect. The proportion of those who had the disease in the unvaccinated was found 56%, and in the vaccinated people was found 45%, but there was no significant difference between the health literacy score and the groups in the cases of passing the disease and being vaccinated.