Healthy lifestyle based on the theory of planned behavior on promoting health literacy and adaptability of students

Background and Aims: The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of healthy lifestyle education based on the theory of planned behavior on improving health literacy and adaptability of students in 2024. Materials and Methods: The target population included all students of the Islamic Azad University of Torbat Jam in 2024.30 of whom were selected from among the volunteers to participate in the research. The selected people were randomly divided into two groups of 15 people. Subjects responded to Dennis and Vander Wall 2010 adaptability questionnaire (CFI) and Montazeri et al health literacy questionnaire (2013). Then the experimental group received healthy lifestyle training sessions based on the theory of planned behavior and the control group was placed on the waiting list. Result: The results of data analysis showed that the health literacy and adaptability scores had a significant effect on the post-test scores after adjusting the effect of the pre-tests. Conclusion: Therefore, it can be said that healthy lifestyle education based on the theory of planned behavior is effective in promoting health literacy and adaptability of students.