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  "abstract": "Background\n\nPoverty is a key social determinant of health. This study examined perceptions of poverty among first- and second-year nursing students and the characteristics associated with them.Methods\n\nA cross-sectional survey was conducted at a single university in southeastern Türkiye between June and July 2025. All 675 first- and second-year students were invited to complete an anonymous online questionnaire; 523 questionnaires were returned, 519 (76.9%) came from students in an eligible year, and 512 (75.9%) met all eligibility criteria and were analysed. Measures were a personal information form, including a single-response item on the perceived cause of poverty, and the Perception of Poverty Scale for University Students (PPS). Analyses were exploratory: descriptive statistics, t-tests and one-way ANOVA with effect sizes and post-hoc tests, and hierarchical multiple linear regression with heteroscedasticity-consistent (HC3) standard errors.Results\n\nPoverty was most often attributed to \"injustice\" (43.0%) and \"lack of opportunity\" (27.5%). Students selecting \"injustice\" had higher PPS scores than those selecting \"lack of opportunity\" (p = 0.001, g = 0.41) or \"sometimes people are to blame\" (p = 0.023, g = 0.46). Scores differed by mother's education (F (5, 506) = 3.27, p = 0.006, η²p = 0.031) but not by father's education, family income, year of study or employment status. In the final regression model (R² = 0.075), mother's education (B = -1.15, 95% CI - 1.77 to -0.53) and attribution to injustice (B = 2.88, 95% CI 1.62 to 4.15) were associated with PPS scores; the female-male difference was small and imprecisely estimated (B = 1.29, 95% CI - 0.11 to 2.69), and household income adequacy, year of study and father's education showed no evidence of association.Conclusion\n\nIn this single-university sample, maternal education and attribution of poverty to injustice were associated with PPS scores, whereas no evidence of an association with self-reported household income adequacy was observed. The analyses were exploratory and the model accounted for a small proportion of the variance; the cross-sectional design does not support causal inference or conclusions about the effectiveness of educational approaches. Poverty-related beliefs merit evaluation in educational research using measures of knowledge, stigma and practice.",
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  "affiliations": [
    "Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hakkari University, Hakkari, Türkiye.",
    "Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Türkiye.",
    "Faculty of Health Sciences, Hakkari University, Hakkari, Türkiye."
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      "name": "Neşe Ataman Bor"
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      "name": "Soner Berşe"
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      "name": "Revşen Özer"
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  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/64q0nh1r50pxx.bib",
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  "doi": "10.3389/fpubh.2026.1941236",
  "fulltext_url": "https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13642323",
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  "language": "eng",
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  "native_subjects": [
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      "3312|Income, Poverty, and Inequality"
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  "pdf_url": "https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13642323?pdf=render",
  "pmcid": "PMC13642323",
  "pmid": "42846229",
  "published": "2026-09-23",
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  "ris": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/64q0nh1r50pxx.ris",
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  "title": "Perceptions of poverty and associated factors among first- and second-year nursing students: a cross-sectional study.",
  "title_text": "Perceptions of poverty and associated factors among first- and second-year nursing students: a cross-sectional study.",
  "type": "peer-reviewed",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-30T12:18:10Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/64q0nh1r50pxx",
  "venue": "Frontiers in public health",
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