title: Participatory action research: involving students in parent education.
abstract: Competition for scarce clinical placements has increased requiring new and innovative models to be developed to meet the growing need. A participatory action research project was used to provide a community nursing clinical experience of involvement in parent education. Nine Hong Kong nursing students self-selected to participate in the project to implement a parenting program called Parenting Young Children in a Digital World. Three project cycles were used: needs identification, skills development and program implementation. Students were fully involved in each cycle's planning, action and reflection phase. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected to inform the project. The overall outcome of the project was the provision of a rich and viable clinical placement experience that created significant learning opportunities for the students and researchers. This paper will explore the student's participation in this PAR project as an innovative clinical practice opportunity.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia. Electronic address: Cathrine.fowler@uts.edu.au.
authors.forename: Cathrine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fowler
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. Electronic address: cynthia.wu@polyu.edu.hk.
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. Electronic address: hsyylam@inet.polyu.edu.hk.
authors.forename: Winsome
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lam
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003146:Communications Media / Q000592:standards; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D016487:Parenting; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013338:Students, Nursing
keywords: Clinical placement; Parent education; Participatory action research; Student nurses