Evaluating the Knowledge Change Before and After Continuing Cancer Education in Malawian Nurses.

Autor: Hotchkiss J; UNC School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA. Jennifer_hotchkiss@dfci.harvard.edu., Bula AK; UNC School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA.; UNC Project Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi., Zimba C; UNC School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA., Bingo S; National Cancer Centre, Kamuzu Central Hospital, PO Box 149, Lilongwe, Malawi., Chinkhata M; Kamuzu Central Hospital, P. O Box 149, Lilongwe, Malawi., Song L; School of Nursing UT Health San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, Mail Code 7947, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA., Bryant AL; UNC School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA.; UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education [J Cancer Educ] 2023 Oct; Vol. 38 (5), pp. 1624-1628. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 20.
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-023-02310-y
Abstrakt: Malawi has a high cancer incidence and mortality. Efforts to train and educate oncology nurses have been identified as an area of need. This study evaluates the educational needs of oncology nurses in Malawi and the effects of a virtual cancer education program on improving the knowledge of cancer epidemiology, treatment, and nursing care of common cancers among oncology nurses in Malawi. The educational programs consisted of four sessions at one-month intervals focused on Cancer Screening, Survivorship, Radiation Therapy, and Complementary and Alternative Therapies. A pretest-posttest design was used. Overall, there was an increase in knowledge at each session: cancer screening (47% vs 95%), survivorship (22% vs 100%), radiation therapy (66% vs 100%), and complementary and alternative therapies (63% vs 88%). Using virtual continuing education sessions is an effective tool to enhance the knowledge of oncology nurses in Malawi. These education sessions can serve as an example of how other Schools of Nursing and cancer centers in high-resource countries can collaborate with hospitals and Schools of Nursing in low- and middle-resource countries to support the advancement of oncology nursing knowledge, and ultimately, oncologic care.
(© 2023. The Author(s) under exclusive licence to American Association for Cancer Education.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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