Research Article

The Relationship Between Health and Media Literacy Among Pregnant Women and Its Predictors

Volume: 10 Number: 3 September 15, 2025
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The Relationship Between Health and Media Literacy Among Pregnant Women and Its Predictors

Abstract

Objective: The study analyzed the correlation and predictive factors between health literacy and media literacy in pregnant women. Materials and Methods: The cross-sectional and correlational study was conducted with 369 pregnant women. Data were collected by a personal information form, the Health Literacy Scale, and the Media Literacy Level Determination Scale. The data were evaluated by number, percentage, mean, Pearson correlation analysis, and multiple linear regression analysis. Results: The mean score of the health literacy scale of the pregnants is 112.28±16.79, the average score of the media literacy scale is 72.21±12.93. It was determined that there was a positive relationship between the mean health literacy and media literacy scale scores of pregnant women (p<0.001). Factors predicting the health literacy of pregnant women were determined as age, education level, employment status, gestational week, planned pregnancy, receiving regular prenatal care, following health channels, and frequency of internet use (p<0.001). These variables accounted for 75.7% of health literacy. The factors predicting the media literacy of the participants were determined as education level, income level, planned pregnancy, following health channels, and frequency of internet use (p<0.05). These variables accounted for 77.1% of media literacy. Conclusions: Pregnant women are sufficiently health literate and good level of media literate. It has been found that health literacy and media literacy are correlated in pregnant women. The main factors predicting health and media literacy were found to be education level, planned pregnancy, following health channels, and frequency of internet use.

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Ethical Statement

Approval was received from the University Clinical Research Ethics Committee (Date: 12.04.2022, decision no: 2022/95), and written permission was obtained from the Provincial Health Directorate (Date: 27.05.2022, no: E-38224951). The study was conducted per the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent of the participants, permission of the authors for the scales used were obtained.

Thanks

We thank the pregnant women who participated in the study.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Obstetrics and Gynocology Nursing

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

September 15, 2025

Submission Date

March 12, 2025

Acceptance Date

August 13, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 10 Number: 3

APA
Özdamar, E., & Çıtak Bilgin, N. (2025). The Relationship Between Health and Media Literacy Among Pregnant Women and Its Predictors. Online Turkish Journal of Health Sciences, 10(3), 225-231. https://doi.org/10.26453/otjhs.1656067
AMA
1.Özdamar E, Çıtak Bilgin N. The Relationship Between Health and Media Literacy Among Pregnant Women and Its Predictors. OTJHS. 2025;10(3):225-231. doi:10.26453/otjhs.1656067
Chicago
Özdamar, Elif, and Nevin Çıtak Bilgin. 2025. “The Relationship Between Health and Media Literacy Among Pregnant Women and Its Predictors”. Online Turkish Journal of Health Sciences 10 (3): 225-31. https://doi.org/10.26453/otjhs.1656067.
EndNote
Özdamar E, Çıtak Bilgin N (September 1, 2025) The Relationship Between Health and Media Literacy Among Pregnant Women and Its Predictors. Online Turkish Journal of Health Sciences 10 3 225–231.
IEEE
[1]E. Özdamar and N. Çıtak Bilgin, “The Relationship Between Health and Media Literacy Among Pregnant Women and Its Predictors”, OTJHS, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 225–231, Sept. 2025, doi: 10.26453/otjhs.1656067.
ISNAD
Özdamar, Elif - Çıtak Bilgin, Nevin. “The Relationship Between Health and Media Literacy Among Pregnant Women and Its Predictors”. Online Turkish Journal of Health Sciences 10/3 (September 1, 2025): 225-231. https://doi.org/10.26453/otjhs.1656067.
JAMA
1.Özdamar E, Çıtak Bilgin N. The Relationship Between Health and Media Literacy Among Pregnant Women and Its Predictors. OTJHS. 2025;10:225–231.
MLA
Özdamar, Elif, and Nevin Çıtak Bilgin. “The Relationship Between Health and Media Literacy Among Pregnant Women and Its Predictors”. Online Turkish Journal of Health Sciences, vol. 10, no. 3, Sept. 2025, pp. 225-31, doi:10.26453/otjhs.1656067.
Vancouver
1.Elif Özdamar, Nevin Çıtak Bilgin. The Relationship Between Health and Media Literacy Among Pregnant Women and Its Predictors. OTJHS. 2025 Sep. 1;10(3):225-31. doi:10.26453/otjhs.1656067

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