Since the first report of COVID-19 in 2019, information released has been fast and vast. Health literacy focuses on individual skills to obtain, process, and understand health information and services necessary to make informed health decisions. Increasing the level of health literacy can be addressed by the provision of high-quality, trustworthy, easy-to-access, and easy-to-understand information about COVID-19. This work aimed to assess COVID-19-related health literacy in the Egyptian population living in Alexandria and determine its associated factors. This cross-sectional study was performed during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, using a questionnaire assessing COVID-19-related health literacy, adapted from HLS-EU-Q. The work included four phases. The first phase was questionnaire designing and tools used. The second phase included questionnaire filling by participants. The third phase was concerned with increasing population awareness about the COVID-19 pandemic. The fourth phase was the statistical analysis of the data. The sample compromised 3960 persons. More than half of the Egyptian population living in Alexandria have inadequate or problematic COVID-19-related health literacy scores. Female gender, younger age, higher socioeconomic status, professions with a medical background, and level of education were positively correlated with COVID-19-related health literacy. COVID-19-related health literacy levels in the Egyptian population living in Alexandria are not sufficient. Policymakers, healthcare providers, and media must act proactively to increase the level of the citizens’ COVID-19-related health literacy and prepare them for other pandemics that may come later.

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与 COVID-19 相关的健康素养和对可能发生的情况的准备：一项横断面研究

自 2019 年首次报告 COVID-19 以来，发布的信息迅速而广泛。健康素养侧重于个人获取、处理和理解做出明智健康决策所需​​的健康信息和服务的技能。可以通过提供有关 COVID-19 的高质量、值得信赖、易于访问且易于理解的信息来提高健康素养水平。这项工作旨在评估居住在亚历山大的埃及人口的 COVID-19 相关健康素养并确定其相关因素。这项横断面研究是在第二波 COVID-19 大流行期间进行的，使用了一份改编自 HLS-EU-Q 的调查问卷来评估与 COVID-19 相关的健康素养。工作包括四个阶段。第一阶段是问卷设计和工具使用。第二阶段包括参与者填写问卷。第三阶段涉及提高人们对 COVID-19 大流行的认识。第四阶段是数据的统计分析。该样本涉及 3960 人。居住在亚历山大的埃及人口中有一半以上的 COVID-19 相关健康素养得分不足或存在问题。女性、年龄较小、社会经济地位较高、具有医学背景的职业和教育水平与 COVID-19 相关健康素养呈正相关。居住在亚历山大的埃及人口的 COVID-19 相关健康素养水平还不够。政策制定者、医疗保健提供者和媒体必须积极采取行动，提高公民与 COVID-19 相关的健康素养水平，并为以后可能出现的其他流行病做好准备。