title: Service-learning: a tool for developing cultural awareness.
abstract: This article describes the use of service-learning to promote cultural awareness in a course for prenursing students. A summary of the course design and rationale for service-learning are included. Students reported personal transformations as a result of the service-learning experience with diverse populations. Implications for the use of service-learning across the undergraduate curriculum are discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, USA. pjworrellcar@bsu.edu
authors.forename: Pamela J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Worrell-Carlisle
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004506:Education, Nursing; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D015146:Midwestern United States; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012951:Socialization; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000193:education*; D014838:Volunteers