TY - JOUR
T1 - Australian student nurse's knowledge of and attitudes toward primary health care
T2 - A cross-sectional study
AU - Mackey, Sandra
AU - Kwok, Cannas
AU - Anderson, Judith
AU - Hatcher, Deborah
AU - Laver, Sharon
AU - Dickson, Cathy
AU - Stewart, Lyn
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2018/1
Y1 - 2018/1
N2 - 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 Survey Monkey 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.
AB - 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 Survey Monkey 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.
KW - Primary health care
KW - Student Nurse
KW - Knowledge
KW - Attitudes
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nedt.2017.10.003
DO - 10.1016/j.nedt.2017.10.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 29100077
AN - SCOPUS:85032514040
SN - 0260-6917
VL - 60
SP - 127
EP - 132
JO - Nurse Education Today
JF - Nurse Education Today
ER -