Purpose: The study aims to determine the effect of mobile health applications on the health literacy of individuals. Methods: The study is a prospective, cross-sectional survey using a quantitative method. A questionnaire form consisting of a socio-demographic part of 15 questions and a part of the "Health Literacy Index" with 25 statements was used in the research. The study population consists of a total of 450,496 people between the ages of 18-40 living in Samsun. The number of samples for the study was determined as 384, and it was conducted online on a total of 431 people using the convenience sampling method between 22.09.2021 and 20.10.2021. Results: There are significant differences between E-Nabız application usage status and access to information sub-dimension, appraisal sub-dimension, and general health literacy level. There is a significant difference between the participants' use of HES application and access to information sub-dimension, understanding information sub-dimension, appraisal sub-dimension, application sub-dimension, and general health literacy levels. There is a significant difference between gender status and access to information sub-dimension, understanding information sub-dimension, appraisal sub-dimension, practice sub-dimension, and general health literacy levels. Conclusion: Women have a higher level of health literacy than men, and individuals aged 26-40 have more increased access to information than individuals aged 18-25. In addition, individuals who actively use the E-Nabız application and HES application have a higher level of health literacy than those who do not actively use it. Keywords: E-Nabız, health literacy, HES, mobile health applications.

The aims of this study were to compare the differences and determine the relationships between the scores obtained from Minnesota job-satisfaction and quality-of-life scales applied to males' ages 18 to 40 who participate in recreational activities and those who do not. The samples of the study consisted of 282 volunteers (148 of whom participate in sports and 134 of whom do not) employed in public institutions and organisations in the City of Vezirköprü in Turkey's Samsun province. The data obtained from the scales and their subscales for the two groups were analysed through the Mann-Whitney U test and Kendall's tau-b, according to the results from a Kolmogorov-Smirnov test for the normality assumption (P<0.05). The results showed that the perceived general life quality and job satisfaction for the individuals participating in sports were higher than those who do not participate (P<0.05). When the associations between life-quality and job-satisfaction total scores of all participants were examined, positive significant associations were found between life-quality total scores and job-satisfaction total scores and sub-scores (intrinsic and extrinsic satisfaction) (P<0.001). In conclusion, it can be said that participation in recreational activities, which are defined for these purposes as organised voluntary physical activities, has a direct influence on individuals' lifestyles and increases their quality of life and job satisfaction significantly.

Recreation, which means relaxing and pleasant activities that people do voluntarily in their free time, is a concept that provides the physical and psychological renewal of individuals. The study was conducted on a total of 497 students, 248 men participating in recreational sports activities and 249 men who did not participate in any recreational activities. For this purpose "Leisure Constraints Scale", which was developed by Alexandris and Carroll (1997) and was conducted in the study of the validity and reliability for Turkish Society by Karaküçük and Gürbüz (2007) was used. Statistical analysis of the study was performed by using SPSS 22,0 package program. The normality hypothesis of the data was analyzed by Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. Since all variables showed normal distribution, parametric tests were applied to the independent variables related to the sub-problems and the leisure time scale subscales. Independent t test was used for paired comparisons and Pearson correlation was used for the relationship between variables. Statistical results were evaluated at 95% confidence interval and p <0.05 significance level. As a result, statistically significant differences were found between the students participating in sportive recreation activity in the field and those who did not participate in any recreational activity in terms of leisure time barriers in terms of Individual Psychology, Social Environment, Service and Transportation, Time, Lack of Friends and Lack of Interest. (p<0, 05).

This study was conducted to investigate the depressive state and loneliness in a total of 219 male adolescents between the ages 11 and 13 who were registered at the summer school of the Vezirköprü Provincial Directorate of Youth Services and Sports based on whether or not they participated in recreational and sports activities during the summer holiday. One hundred and fifteen of the participants participated in recreational and sports activities organized during the summer, while 104 did not. Information about the depressive states of the participants was collected via the Beck Depression Scale, while information about their loneliness was collected with the UCLA Loneliness Scale. High total scores on both scales indicated that depression and loneliness levels were high. The Cronbach's alpha internal consistency coefficient was calculated to determine the reliability of the answers given by the participants to the items of Beck Depression Scale and UCLA-LS. In the statistical assessment of the research results, it was found that the error terms were not normally distributed (P<0.05). Thus, the differences between the group that participated in recreational activities and the group that did not were shown via a

This study aims to investigate the effects of education and socio-economic status on regular physical activity levels in 1350 males and 1350 female participants at the age range of 14-95 years. Results of this study showed that the mean body height and weight were significantly differentiated depending on male participants' educational status and monthly income level. There were significant differences in female participants' body height and body weight depending on their educational status. Only significant difference was observed in the mean of female's body height depending on monthly income level. The physical activity level of uneducated participants was highest in males and females. Significant negative correlations were observed between physical activity and educational status in males (r=-,108, p<.01) and females (r=-,129, p<.01). It can be concluded that physical activity level in both genders was effected by educational status not monthly income level.