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Effectiveness of Community Health Worker/Nursing Student Teams as a Strategy for Public Health Nursing Education
Author(s) -
Zandee Gail,
Bossenbroek Debra,
Friesen Meghan,
Blech Kari,
Engbers Ruth
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2010.00854.x
Subject(s) - practicum , public health nursing , nursing , public health , occupational health nursing , community health , nursing research , nurse education , health education , participatory action research , medicine , medical education , sociology , anthropology
ABSTRACT 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.