Effectiveness of community health worker/nursing student teams as a strategy for public health nursing education.
A unique program that partners community health workers with nursing students was developed in response to community-based participatory research data and integrated into a public health practicum at a baccalaureate nursing program in West Michigan. The goal of the program is to promote the health of 3 underserved urban neighborhoods while educating nursing students in population health and public health nursing. The purpose of this paper is to describe program conception and implementation and discuss evaluation of educational outcomes as a public health learning experience.
Zandee
Gail
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Nursing Department, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546-4403, USA. gzandee@calvin.edu
Bossenbroek
Debra
D
Friesen
Meghan
M
Blech
Kari
K
Engbers
Ruth
R
D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003479:Curriculum; D003625:Data Collection; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013338:Students, Nursing