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Australian student nurse's knowledge of and attitudes toward primary health care: A cross-sectional study.
Nurse Education Today 2018 January
BACKGROUND: Nurses have a pivotal role in changing the focus of the health system toward a primary health care approach, yet little is known about the effectiveness of nursing students' educational preparation for this role.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to investigate undergraduate Australian nursing students' knowledge of and attitudes toward the primary health care approach.
DESIGN: A cross-sectional, descriptive research design was applied.
SETTING: Two Australian universities, one with a rural base and one in the metropolitan area of Sydney, were involved. Both universities offer undergraduate and postgraduate nursing courses on multiple campuses.
PARTICIPANTS: A convenience sample of 286 undergraduate nursing students, each of whom had completed a unit of study on PHC. All provided consent to participate in the study.
METHODS: Data was collected using the Primary Health Care Questionnaire via online survey platform SurveyMonkey for a period of three weeks in June 2015.
RESULTS: Total knowledge scores ranged from 19.68 to 95.78 with the mean knowledge score being 69.19. Total attitude scores ranged from 33.12 to 93.88 with a mean score of 70.45. Comparison of knowledge scores showed mean scores of students born in Australia were significantly higher than those of students who were born overseas (p=0.01), and mean scores of students enrolled in the metropolitan university were also significantly higher than mean scores of students' enrolled in the rural university (p=0.002). In terms of attitudes scores, mean scores of Australian-born students were significantly higher than those of students born overseas (p=0.001), and older students' mean attitude scores were shown to be significantly higher than younger students' (p<0.005).
CONCLUSIONS: Student's age, country of origin and university location were shown to be significant influences on student's knowledge of and attitudes toward primary health care.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to investigate undergraduate Australian nursing students' knowledge of and attitudes toward the primary health care approach.
DESIGN: A cross-sectional, descriptive research design was applied.
SETTING: Two Australian universities, one with a rural base and one in the metropolitan area of Sydney, were involved. Both universities offer undergraduate and postgraduate nursing courses on multiple campuses.
PARTICIPANTS: A convenience sample of 286 undergraduate nursing students, each of whom had completed a unit of study on PHC. All provided consent to participate in the study.
METHODS: Data was collected using the Primary Health Care Questionnaire via online survey platform SurveyMonkey for a period of three weeks in June 2015.
RESULTS: Total knowledge scores ranged from 19.68 to 95.78 with the mean knowledge score being 69.19. Total attitude scores ranged from 33.12 to 93.88 with a mean score of 70.45. Comparison of knowledge scores showed mean scores of students born in Australia were significantly higher than those of students who were born overseas (p=0.01), and mean scores of students enrolled in the metropolitan university were also significantly higher than mean scores of students' enrolled in the rural university (p=0.002). In terms of attitudes scores, mean scores of Australian-born students were significantly higher than those of students born overseas (p=0.001), and older students' mean attitude scores were shown to be significantly higher than younger students' (p<0.005).
CONCLUSIONS: Student's age, country of origin and university location were shown to be significant influences on student's knowledge of and attitudes toward primary health care.
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