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INTRODUCTION: This study aimed at evaluating the relationship between nursing students' awareness of the COVID-19 pandemic and health behaviors with health literacy.  METHODS: This descriptive and cross-sectional study comprised 408 students enrolled in an undergraduate nursing program at a public university in Turkey. The data were collected online using the Individual Information Form, Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale II, and Turkish Health Literacy Scale-32. The percentiles, significance test of the difference between two means, and Pearson correlation analysis were used to analyze the data.  Results: The average age of students was 20.89±1.95 and three of them had been diagnosed with COVID-19. It was determined that the students had sufficient health literacy (x<35.97±8. 73), and healthy lifestyle behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic were at a moderate level (x<55.76±12.05). The results showed that as awareness of nursing students regarding COVID-19 and precautions against it increased, their average score of health literacy increased, too (p<.05). Furthermore, there was a positive correlation between students' average score of healthy lifestyle behaviors in nutrition, physical activity, and stress management and their average score of health literacy (p<.05).  DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: As the results have shown a relationship between nursing students' awareness of COVID-19 and healthy lifestyle behaviors and health literacy, it is suggested to adapt the health literacy to students' daily life during the pandemic period.

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