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The study aimed to reveal the health awareness of people with physical disabilities in Jordanian universities in light of some variables. This study adopted a descriptive analytical approach. The study sample consisted of (125) male and female students from various colleges in the three Jordanian universities: the University of Jordan, the Balqa Applied University, and the University The Hashemite study results indicated that the general arithmetic average of the level of health awareness for people with physical disabilities in Jordanian universities was at an average level, and on all dimensions of the level of health awareness (the nutrition level dimension, the personal health dimension, the psychological health dimension, the practice of sports activity dimension, and the general physical fitness dimension), and there is no apparent discrepancy in the arithmetic means and standard deviation of the levels of health awareness of people with physical disabilities in Jordanian universities according to the variables of gender, age, and academic specialization. The study also presented a proposed educational vision in light of modern trends in health education. The study came up with a set of recommendations, the most important of which are: activating the health and cultural courses offered as elective subjects in Jordanian universities to be more closely related to proper nutrition, health, and physical fitness. (Published abstract)