Mental health literacy in nursing students: Insights from a cross-sectional analysis

Mohamad AlMekkawi; Rouwida ElKhalil; Annie Rosita Arul Raj; Ibrahim Bashayreh; Iffat Elbarazi; Mohammed Al Maqbali; Ciara Hughes

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0323728

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Mental health literacy in nursing students: Insights from a cross-sectional analysis

Mohamad AlMekkawi,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nursing Department, Fatima College of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Rouwida ElKhalil,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Public Health, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2031-837X

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Annie Rosita Arul Raj,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nursing Department, Fatima College of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Ibrahim Bashayreh,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nursing Department, Fatima College of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Iffat Elbarazi,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Public Health, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Mohammed Al Maqbali,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nursing Department, Fatima College of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Ciara Hughes

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: cm.hughes@ulster.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Nursing and Health Research, School of Health Sciences, Ulster University, Belfast, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1064-6775

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Mental health literacy in nursing students: Insights from a cross-sectional analysis

Mohamad AlMekkawi,
Rouwida ElKhalil,
Annie Rosita Arul Raj,
Ibrahim Bashayreh,
Iffat Elbarazi,
Mohammed Al Maqbali,
Ciara Hughes

Published: June 5, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323728

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