Student/faculty practice and research in occupational health: health promotion and outcome evaluation

Faculty strive to connect theory and practice with real life situations for students. This study evolved from student intervention with small industries as part of their undergraduate community health nursing clinical experience. A pre-experimental static group design was used to explore the impact...

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Published in:The Journal of nursing education 1996-09, Vol.35 (6), p.252-257
Main Authors: Wold, J L, Williams, A M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Attrition (Research Studies)
Behavioral Objectives
Blood pressure
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control
Chi-Square Distribution
Cholesterol
Chronic illnesses
Clinical Experience
Clinical medicine
College students
Community Health Nursing - education
Community Relations
Curricula
Departments
Disease prevention
Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate - organization & administration
Educational Change
Employees
Female
Health Activities
Health Behavior
Health care policy
Health Programs
Health Promotion
Health Promotion - organization & administration
Health risk assessment
Health risks
Health Services
Health Services Accessibility
Human Services
Humans
Hypotheses
Male
Medical screening
Mortality
Multivariate Analysis
National Surveys
Nurses
Nursing education
Nursing Evaluation Research
Nursing Faculty Practice - organization & administration
Nursing Students
Occupational Health Nursing - education
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Public Health
Risk factors
State Surveys
Stress
Students, Nursing
Undergraduate Students
Uninsured people
Urban Schools
Urban Universities
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Summary:Faculty strive to connect theory and practice with real life situations for students. This study evolved from student intervention with small industries as part of their undergraduate community health nursing clinical experience. A pre-experimental static group design was used to explore the impact of health service availability on selected cardiovascular risk factors. Levels of health service: a) no service; b) student service; and c) formal health care service were compared. Chi-square, t-tests and MANOVA analyses supported three hypotheses that student intervention was equally as successful as formal health care service in reducing the selected cardiovascular risk factors of high weight to height ratios, blood pressure readings above 140/90 on three separate measurements, total cholesterol readings above accepted norms and a health risk profile which identifies risk for cardiovascular disease.
ISSN:0148-4834
1938-2421
DOI:10.3928/0148-4834-19960901-05