en <span style=font-size:10pt><span style=unicode-bidi:embed><span new= roman= style=font-family: times=><b><span cambria= style=font-family:>Aims:</span></b><span cambria= style=font-family:> Social distancing is one of the most effective methods to control the transmission of Covid-19. This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of social distancing in students.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style=font-size:10pt><span style=unicode-bidi:embed><span new= roman= style=font-family: times=><b><span cambria= style=font-family:>Instrument & Methods:</span></b><span cambria= style=font-family:> This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 342 students of Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences. Sampling was performed electronically using the availability sampling method. Data collection tools were a questionnaire of demographic information and a questionnaire designed for measuring students’ social distancing knowledge, attitude, and practice. Data were analyzed in SPSS version 16 using descriptive and inferential statistical tests.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style=font-size:10pt><span style=unicode-bidi:embed><span new= roman= style=font-family: times=><b><span cambria= style=font-family:>Findings</span></b><b><span cambria= style=font-family:>:</span></b><span cambria= style=font-family:> The mean age of participants was 21.56±2.11. Out of 342 participants, 222 (64.9%) were female, 84.2% were single, and 84.8% were living in urban areas. The median social distancing knowledge, attitude, and practice scores were 6±1, 48±4, and 16±3, respectively. Out of the 342 surveyed students, 85.4% showed a good level of social distancing knowledge, 76% showed a good attitude towards social distancing, 22.8% showed a moderate attitude, and none (0%) showed a poor attitude. However, only 0.6% of the surveyed students earned good social distancing practice scores.</span></span></span></span><br> <b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span cambria= style=font-family:>Conclusion</span></span></b><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span cambria= style=font-family:>: </span></span></b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span cambria= style=font-family:>Despite the good social distancing knowledge and attitude scores of the surveyed students, they were doing poorly in practicing social distancing.</span></span> Knowledge,Attitude,Practice,Social Distancing,Covid-19,Coronavirus 539 545 http://hehp.modares.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-68512-1&slc_lang=en&sid=4