145487 20260219090939.0 doi 10.3390/nursrep14030189 sideral 140365 ART-2024-140365 eng Navas-Echazarreta, Noelia Media Health Literacy in Spanish Nursing Students: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study 2024 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Background: Amidst current misinformation, media literacy is an essential competency for nursing professionals. This study aimed to analyze the level of media health literacy among Spanish undergraduate nursing students, stratifying the results by gender, region, and other associated factors. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at five Spanish universities (N = 416) using the Spanish version of the Media Health Literacy (MeHLit-SV) Questionnaire. Results: Students presented an average media health literacy score of 48.73 points. The media health literacy level was significantly higher among students from universities in the central and northeastern regions of Spain (ANOVA Test, p = 0.0002), those who had previously studied in a city (ANOVA Test, p = 0.001), those who combined their studies with employment (ANOVA Test, p = 0.001), and those residing in communities with fewer than 500 inhabitants (ANOVA Test, p = 0.001). No differences were found based on gender. Conclusions: The media health literacy level of the students was deficient and varied according to socio-economic and socio-educational factors. Understanding the literacy level of future nurses and promoting the inclusion of this competency in their education will enable them to become leaders in improving the population’s health self-care. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es 2.0 2024 0.721 2024 Nursing (miscellaneous) 2024 Q2 2.8 2024 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Satústegui-Dordá, Pedro José Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-0083-5940 Rodríguez-Velasco, Francisco José García-Perea, María Eva Martínez-Sabater, Antonio Chover-Sierra, Elena Ballestar-Tarín, María Luisa Del Pozo-Herce, Pablo González-Fernández, Silvia de Viñaspre-Hernández, Regina Ruiz Czapla, Michal Juárez-Vela, Raúl 1006 255 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería Área Enfermería 14, 3 (2024), 2565-2579 Nurs. reports Nursing Reports 2039-439X 601032 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/145487/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2697110 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/145487/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:145487 articulos driver 2026-02-19-09:00:44 ARTICLE