title: Effectiveness of health instruction provided by student nurses in rural secondary schools of Zimbabwe: a feasibility study.
abstract: This demonstration project used student nurses (n = 12) on community deployment to provide health instruction among rural school-age populations in Zimbabwe. A quasi-experimental (pre- and post-test), non-equivalent control group design was used and consisted of 141 school pupils in the intervention group and 144 pupils in the comparison group (N = 285). The curriculum focused on prevention of STDs, HIV/AIDS and drugs (alcohol, tobacco and marijuana). A gain in health knowledge scores among the intervention group was reported at post-test. More than 70% of the pupils who received health instruction from student nurses gave a high approval rating of student nurses' performance. Further, student nurses, teachers and tutors all support school health instruction by student nurses although tutors and teachers differ on teaching about condoms.
authors.affiliation: University of Akron, Department of Physical and Health Education, OH 44325-5103, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Munodawafa
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Marty
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gwede
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001294:Attitude to Health; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D017280:Condoms; D003479:Curriculum; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D012423:Rural Health; D012573:School Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D013338:Students, Nursing; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D015030:Zimbabwe