title: Nursing Students' Attitudes Toward Poverty: Does Experiential Learning Make a Difference?
abstract: The number of people living in poverty is growing, and it is important for nursing students to understand issues of social justice. Undergraduate nursing students completed the Attitude Toward Poverty-Short Form to determine if an experiential activity changed their attitudes from a behavioral to a structural perspective of poverty. Participants in the experimental group demonstrated a more structural perspective of poverty than did those in the control group. Implications for nursing education are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliation: Master Faculty Specialist, Bronson School of Nursing, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo.
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vliem
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology*; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D012935:Social Justice; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult