 | The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
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| The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
Leda L Layo Danao, PhD1, Linda Sarna, RN, DScN2, Lily Ann Baldago, RN, EdDc3, Sophia Chan, RN, PhD4, Sung Rae Shin, RN, PhD5, Hideko Minegishi, RN, PhD6, and Emiko Endo, RN, PhD6. (1) Cancer Research Group, UCLA School of Nursing, Factor Building, R4-637, Box 956918, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6918, 310-825-9802, ldanao@sonnet.ucla.edu, (2) School of Nursing, University of California Los Angeles, Box 956918, Factor 4-262, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6918, (3) Region VI, Philippine Regulations Commission, 2nd Floor N.B. Building, Lopez Jaena St, Iloilo City, Philippines, (4) Department of Nursing Studies, University of Hong Kong, G/F Nurses Quarters Block B, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China, (5) Sahmyook University, Chungryang P.O. Box 118, Seoul 130-650, South Korea, (6) Kitasato University, 2-1-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 228-0829, Japan
Background. About 50-75% of Philippine nursing school graduates take up overseas employment; of these about 35-40% work in the US. Knowledge of their tobacco control competencies is important in determining readiness for tobacco control practice. Although nurses are the largest group of healthcare providers, little is known about their tobacco control education. Specific aims. This report is part of a tobacco control education study in four Asian countries. The aims are to describe the BS Nursing tobacco control education, determine differences by geographic location, ownership, and size, and validate a questionnaire developed for US medical schools. Subjects and Methods. Nursing school deans and faculty participated in focus groups and completed mailed survey questionnaires. Descriptives and chi-square tests were generated. Results. Response rate was 79.9 percent (147/184). 90-95% of the schools taught health effects of tobacco use and exposure to tobacco smoke, and smoking cessation. More than 50% covered briefly the 5 A's (75.7%), motivational interviewing (56.2%), and nicotine replacement (61.4%). Only 36.7% provided clinical tobacco cessation experience. Modal hours of cessation instruction was < 1 hour during the first (23%), second (39%), and fourth (31%) years, and 1-3 hours during the third (39%). 5-13% of the schools taught cessation techniques for > 3 hours from the second through fourth years. Frequently used resources were Department of Health (74%), scientific literature (71%), and WHO (34%). Chi-square results showed geographic location was significantly related with clinical experience, cessation instruction hours, and type of resources used, and size with range of topics covered.
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Keywords: Curricula, Nursing Education
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.