The purpose of this study was to determine the validity and reliability of a questionnaire to investigate the perception of intercultural citizenship. The design was instrumental in the quantitative approach. The sample consisted of 1,200 high school students between the ages of 11 and 17 from public schools at UGEL 06 in Lima. The basis of the intercultural citizenship questionnaire forms the dimensions of participation and coexistence assumed from the work of Palou, Rodríguez and Vila (2014). As results, an Aiken validity index of 1.00 was found, which indicates a high concordance and high internal consistency of the questionnaire through Cronbach's alpha coefficient, yielding a value of 0.920, which suggests a high reliability in the results obtained.

Issue 28 brings together manuscripts that highlight three central concerns. The first is linked to digital transformation in educational and social processes. The second reflects a growing emphasis on holistic well-being and on the centrality of the human person. Finally, the third underscores the need to foster pedagogical innovations capable of responding to the demands of a constantly changing society.

In the framework of the celebrations of our Marist bicentennial, we are pleased to present Educa UMCH in its ninth appearance, an academic journal of the Marcelino Champagnat University, whose primary objective is to disseminate research and promote intellectual reflection through the biannual publication of research reports, evaluative intervention studies, diagnostic studies, epistemological reflections, learning methods, basic education, formal education, informal education, among others.

Health care empowerment is essential for self-care, informed decision-making, and appropriate use of health services among university students. This cross-sectional pilot study examined the association between selected social determinants of health and health care empowerment among university students in Peru. A sample of 336 undergraduate and graduate students from six universities completed an online survey that included the Empowerment Scale for Health Care Empowerment in University Students (ECSU). The instrument demonstrated adequate psychometric properties (Cronbach’s α = 0.859; McDonald’s ω = 0.835). Descriptive analyses and ordinal logistic regression were conducted to identify factors associated with health care empowerment and its dimensions. Income level, family type, and housing situation were associated with overall empowerment. Lower income levels and extended family structures were associated with lower empowerment levels, while university type and educational level were associated with specific dimensions related to decision-making and the ability to empower others. The explanatory capacity of the models was modest (pseudo-R² = 5.0–12.8%). These findings provide preliminary evidence on the relationship between social determinants and health care empowerment in university students. However, results should be interpreted with caution due to the cross-sectional design and convenience sampling. Future studies using probabilistic sampling and longitudinal designs are needed to confirm these associations.

En esta vigesimoquinta edición de EDUCA UMCH, nos complace presentar una colección de ocho artículos que exploran a profundidad algunas de las problemáticas más urgentes de la educación contemporánea. Estos trabajos, fruto de investigaciones rigurosas, ofrecen análisis críticos y propuestas innovadoras, con el objetivo de enriquecer el debate académico y orientar hacia la mejora continua de las prácticas educativas.

El número 27 de la Revista EDUCA UMCH nace en un tiempo de incertidumbre. Un tiempo en el que la educación ya no habita únicamente las aulas, sino también las pantallas; ya no se transmite solo por la voz del docente, sino que se construye en la interacción, la autonomía y la búsqueda constante de sentido. Las investigaciones reunidas en este volumen dialogan entre sí como piezas de un mismo mapa, orientadas a comprender y transformar los procesos educativos en escenarios atravesados por la virtualización, la diversidad cultural, la innovación pedagógica y la exigencia de una formación académica con calidad y humanidad.