Abstract: This study examines peoples' health literacy and critical thinking skills application to Covid 19 guidelines. The Education, Health literacy and Peoples' Health Behaviours Mediated Framework was used to unpack peoples' behaviours. 500 people were observed to ascertain their adherence to Covid 19 guidelines. Content analysis and reflection helped in teasing out visible and invisible peoples' behaviours towards guidelines. Findings indicted that the peoples' level of health literacy and critical thinking skills application and thinking disposition were not at expected level. People overlooked broader social and financial costs of not adhering to guidelines. In some contexts social distancing was perceived as racism and this displayed lack of critical thinking skills and understanding of Covid 19's destruction power....
KEYWORDS: Covid 19 Guidelines, Education, Health Behaviours, Health literacy
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