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Reducing mental health stigma among nursing students through an educational intervention.
- Source :
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Contemporary Nurse: A Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession . Oct2024, Vol. 60 Issue 5, p452-464. 13p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Background: Patient-centred care must consider service consumers' needs and improve their health and well-being as well as their satisfaction and the quality of their healthcare assistance. However, individuals experiencing mental illness often struggle with barriers and misunderstandings by health care professionals. Nursing Faculties are uniquely positioned to reduce stigmatising attitudes via new educational interventions that could align nursing curricula and individuals with mental illness needs. However, there are few studies about the stigma toward mental illness among nursing students in Spain. Objectives: The present study aimed to analyse the effect of a 9-month educational intervention on the level of stigma in nursing students. Design: a one-group pre-postintervention design with no control group was conducted. Methods: A total of 194 nursing students completed the EVEPEM scale before and after the intervention. The intervention comprised 55 hours of campus sessions and 150 h practicum in mental health settings. Results: A destigmatising tendency was captured by a large main effect and a statistically significant stigma reduction. Conclusions: The educational 9-month intervention was effective in reducing students' stigma by providing theoretical education, personal contact with mental health service consumers, and critical reflection activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *SCALE analysis (Psychology)
*PEARSON correlation (Statistics)
*EFFECT sizes (Statistics)
*MENTAL health
*T-test (Statistics)
*RESEARCH funding
*CLINICAL trials
*STATISTICAL sampling
*SAMPLE size (Statistics)
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*NURSING education
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*SIMULATION methods in education
*PRE-tests & post-tests
*RESEARCH methodology
*MATHEMATICAL models
*COLLEGE students
*THEORY
*SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*DATA analysis software
*SOCIAL stigma
*NURSING students
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10376178
- Volume :
- 60
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Contemporary Nurse: A Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 179255465
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2024.2363906