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dc.contributor.advisorPhillips, Lynelleeng
dc.contributor.authorStreeter, Laura (Laura Michele)eng
dc.date.issued2017eng
dc.date.submitted2017 Springeng
dc.description.abstractCultural competency is a crucial component of baccalaureate nursing education to support patient-centered practice (Calvillo, Clark, Ballantyne, Pacquiao, Purnell, and Villarruel 2009). Studying abroad is associated with short-term gains in students' cultural competency; however, little research has addressed whether cultural competence is affected long-term, particularly when the study abroad experience is relatively short (Phillips, Bloom, Gainey, and Chiocca, in press). Therefore, the question that drove this study was: what are the long-term effects of a short-term study abroad experience on baccalaureate nursing students? The participants in this study were practicing nurses (N=21) who had traveled to Ghana for two-week study abroad experiences as senior nursing students between 2011 and 2015. Qualitative data (collected immediately post-travel) with these participants revealed four key themes of transformation consistent with cultural transformation: adaptability, cultural competency, understanding of social determinants of health, and mutual partnerships with patients. Social media was used to enroll participants in a study conducted over a one-month period in Fall 2016. Of the 45 contacted, 28 responded and consented to participate and 21 completed data collection. A series of Likert-style questions (5=Strongly Agree, 1=Strongly Disagree) were used to measure these nurses' perceived immediate post-travel change, versus their perceptions of the sustained changes over time. Results supported that the four key themes of cultural transformation persisted over time. Creating mutual partnerships and understanding social determinants of health had the highest mean score and lowest standard deviation (mean= 4.76, standard deviation= 0.44)eng
dc.description.bibrefIncludes bibliographical references (pages 18-19).eng
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityA Thesis presented to the Faculty of the Master of Public Health and Graduate School at the University of Missouri In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Public Health.|Lynelle Phillips, Thesis Supervisor.eng
dc.format.extent1 online resource (v, 19 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)eng
dc.identifier.merlinb121172661eng
dc.identifier.oclc1020180803eng
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10355/62091
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.32469/10355/62091eng
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
dc.rightsOpenAccess.eng
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.eng
dc.sourceSubmited to University of Missouri--Columbia Graduate School.eng
dc.subject.FASTForeign studyeng
dc.subject.FASTCultural competenceeng
dc.subject.FASTNursing studentseng
dc.titleThe long-term effects of a short-term study abroad experience on baccalaureate-prepared nursing studentseng
dc.typeThesiseng
thesis.degree.disciplineHealth Management and Informatics (MU)eng
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
thesis.degree.levelMasterseng
thesis.degree.nameM.S.eng


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