Evaluation of a nursing student health fair program: Meeting curricular standards and improving community members' health
| Autor: | Mona Azaiza, John P. Salerno, Yui Matsuda, Evan McEwing, Rosa M. Gonzalez-Guarda, Jessica R. Williams, Olutola Ogunrinde |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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media_common.quotation_subject Best practice education Psychological intervention Population health urologic and male genital diseases Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Promotion (rank) Nursing Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Education Nursing Nursing process General Nursing media_common Operationalization 030504 nursing Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Public health nursing Education Nursing Baccalaureate Middle Aged Public Health Nursing Community health Female Students Nursing 0305 other medical science Psychology Delivery of Health Care Health Fairs |
| Zdroj: | Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.). 35(5) |
| ISSN: | 1525-1446 |
| Popis: | Background Public health nursing (PHN) is an essential component of baccalaureate nursing education. In order to build PHN competencies, universities must design and operationalize meaningful clinical activities addressing community and population health. Currently, there is a paucity of literature delineating best practices for promoting competency in PHN. Aims The purpose of this manuscript is to describe a PHN-student health fair program as a means for meeting undergraduate PHN curricular standards, and to report results of an evaluation conducted examining its effectiveness in improving community member's health knowledge. Methods Health fairs were held at community agencies that served the homeless or victims of intimate partner violence. A total of 113 community members that attended a health fair were assessed at baseline and immediate posttest using open-ended questionnaires. The design of the health fairs included a community assessment, intervention, and evaluation flow that followed the nursing process. Results We report that results from participants surveyed indicated that PHN-student delivered health fairs improved health knowledge among community members in this sample (p = .000). Conclusion Health fairs conducted by PHN students appear to be promising community health promotion and disease prevention interventions that can serve as an effective strategy for teaching PHN student competencies and facilitating engagement with the community. |
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