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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Georgia L. Heiberger, EdD, MSN, PNP, Rutgers University, PO Box 107, Bridegwater, SD 57319, 303-948-5712, glahei@usa.net
The purpose of this presentation is to explore the impact of the "Back-to-Sleep" campaign upon the health promotion activities of pediatric nurse practitioners. A descriptive, exploratory study utilizing a convenience sample of 347 pediatric nurse practitioners living in the mid-Atlantic region was completed in 2001. The "Back-to-Sleep" campaign (Malloy, 1998) was used as the framework within which to discover answers about the personal, educational and experiential factors that could be found in pediatric nurse practitioners who incorporate new health-care information into their practices. Pediatric nurse practitioners in the study received a questionnaire that asked about their practice settings and caregiving behaviors, as well as demographic data. Respondents showed high levels of awareness of and agreement with new information in the prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. In addition, they described teaching activities through which they enabled their clients to increase their knowledge about pediatric health care. Chi-square testing indicated associations between awareness of new information, agreement with this information, and the transmission of this information to clients by the nurse practitioners. Willingness of pediatric nurse practitioners to promote new information was not dependent upon their ages, educational experiences, or years of employment. Pediatric nurse practitioners who were most likely to incorporate recent discoveries into their practices were those who had the greatest agreement with the results of the discoveries. The outcomes of the study enhance understanding of the ways in which pediatric nurse practitioners accept relevant new knowledge and inform parents of this information.
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Keywords: Nurse Practitioners, SIDS
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.