Evaluation of a nursing student health fair program: Meeting curricular standards and improving community members' health

Salerno, John P.; McEwing, Evan; Matsuda, Yui; González-Guarda, Rosa M.; Ogunrinde, Olutola; Azaiza, Mona; Williams, Jessica R.

doi:10.1111/phn.12402

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“…Nursing students identified several benefits of health fairs such as opportunities to educate the communities and provide a starting point to improve their health in an accessible manner. What the nursing students identified is consistent with previous studies examining the benefits of health fairs (increased knowledge: Hess et al., 2012; Salerno et al., 2018; planned behavioral change: Liu et al., 2020; intention to seek follow up care: Hess et al., 2012; received follow up care: Lucky et al., 2011).…”

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confidence: 85%

Exploring the utility of nursing student‐led health fairs: Educating the college population

Matsuda

Halstead

Falcon

et al. 2022

Public Health Nursing

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Objective:The purpose of this study is to examine public health nursing (PHN) students' experiences delivering peer-to-peer health education to college students during a health fair.Design: A qualitative, descriptive research design was used.Sample: Senior-level nursing students (n = 13) completing the clinical portion of a PHN course. Measurements:A semi-structured focus group guide consisting of 10 questions and follow-up probes was used to elicit PHN student experiences. Focus groups were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using a thematic analysis technique.Results: Five main themes were identified: (1) benefits of health fairs in general, (2) benefits of nursing-student-led health fairs, (3) negatives of nursing-student-let health fairs, (4) importance of interaction, and ( 5) suggestions for maximizing the potential of nursing student-led health fairs. Conclusions:Although challenges exist, PHN students experienced several benefits from the provision of peer-to-peer health education. College campuses represent a unique clinical site that allows nursing students to utilize their insider status to better assess, understand, and provide tailored health education to the college community.This clinical site has shown to provide positive experiences for nursing students and is critical in developing essential nursing skills and building confidence for future clinical rotations.

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Exploring the utility of nursing student‐led health fairs: Educating the college population

Matsuda

Halstead

Falcon

et al. 2022

Public Health Nursing

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“…The example scenario is a case where health concerns were brought about by radiation, and it reflects a setting where nursing professionals were actually made aware of their insufficient skills in a nuclear accident. The example allowed the nursing students to experience this firsthand, which is what we imagine led to the learning effect [ 16 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…No matter when or where they work or their field of specialization, all nursing staff, including public health nurses and midwives, need to be armed with knowledge about radiation to be able to help people [ 16 ]. To prepare all nursing staff for nuclear disasters, the topic of radiation must be comprehensively tackled in undergraduate nursing science curricula [ 17 ], as opposed to the current scenario, where the focus has mainly been on protecting clinical nursing care patients from radiation [ 18 ].…”

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Analysis of the Training Effect of a Nursing Undergraduate Course on the Management of Radiation-Related Health Concerns—A Single Group Experiment

Kawasaki

Yamasaki

Kohama

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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After the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident, demands regarding nursing staff’s management of nuclear disasters have increased. This study aimed to evaluate a basic training program to teach undergraduate nursing students on how to deal with public anxiety following a nuclear disaster. We analyzed the data of 111 third-year nursing students attending a Japanese university. We set attainment goals in three domains (cognitive, affective, psychomotor) regarding their acquisition of consultation techniques for radiation-related health concerns. We compared pre- and post-class response scores on a knowledge test and calculated word frequencies in health consultation scenarios. The pre-class mean score was 12.2 out of 27 points and the post-class mean score (directly after the course) was 21.0, a significant increase (p < 0.001). The mean level of attainment in each of the three domains increased significantly from pre-test to post-test (p < 0.001). The variety and number of words in the health consultations also increased. Students attained the program goals for radiation-related health concerns in all domains. During disasters, there is a great need for nursing staff to administer physical and mental care to the public. This program was evaluated to be one wherein nursing staff can acquire fundamental knowledge about radiation in a short time.

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“…[11,14] The literature showed that community health promotion and disease prevention interventions conducted by nursing students have positive impact on the local communities. [15,16] These interventions also can serve as an effective strategy for teaching nursing student competencies and facilitating engagement with the community. [15,16] To engage nursing students in improving local community health outcomes, Miami University partnered with AHA to apply the CCC in the local community.…”

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“…[15,16] These interventions also can serve as an effective strategy for teaching nursing student competencies and facilitating engagement with the community. [15,16] To engage nursing students in improving local community health outcomes, Miami University partnered with AHA to apply the CCC in the local community. The nursing students at Miami University served as volunteer health mentors and implemented the CCC program in the local community.…”

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Nursing students serve and learn how to check, change, and control blood pressure in the local community

Musallam

Changet

2019

IJH

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Background: High blood pressure is currently affecting 103 million people in the United States and is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, stroke, and heart failure. The American Heart Association (AHA) launched Check. Change. Control. Program (CCC program). The program is an evidence-based hypertension management program that utilizes blood pressure self-monitoring to empower patients/participants to take ownership of their cardiovascular health.Project: Following the Partnership Model for Service Learning, Miami University and The AHA propose implementing the “Serve and Learn How to Check, Change, and Control: A Community-Based Intervention to Improve Blood Pressure Control” to improve the BP of a diverse group of residents in Middletown and Hamilton cities in Ohio.Participants: Fifteen nursing students served as volunteer health mentors. Each nursing student recruited five community members over the age of 18 and checked their blood pressure two times every month for four months. 80 community membered were recruited and joined the project for four months.Results: At the end of the program, more than half of the participants (n = 41) had blood pressure improvement (decrease in systolic or/a diastolic). On third of Tier 1/ HYPERTENSION participants (n = 10) have moved from uncontrolled (> or = to 130/80) to controlled (< or = to 129/79) based on comparing the participants’ 1st blood pressure reading to their last.Conclusions: The extremely positive effects of this project are an eye-opening on the need of applying the program on a larger scale. To apply this program on a larger scale, partnerships with community organizations such as community health and wellness centers are needed. These partnerships will provide quality access to healthcare. The students will be able to meet participants where they are in their communities in a safe, vibrant, open and welcoming centers.

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Evaluation of a nursing student health fair program: Meeting curricular standards and improving community members' health

Abstract: 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.

Cited by 8 publications

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Exploring the utility of nursing student‐led health fairs: Educating the college population

Exploring the utility of nursing student‐led health fairs: Educating the college population

Analysis of the Training Effect of a Nursing Undergraduate Course on the Management of Radiation-Related Health Concerns—A Single Group Experiment

Nursing students serve and learn how to check, change, and control blood pressure in the local community

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