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The effect of advocacy education of nursing students on attitudes towards disability: a quasi-experimental study

  • Nesime Demirören , Serpil Su und Gülden Basit ORCID logo EMAIL logo
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 30. Mai 2022

Abstract

Objectives

To determine the effect of advocacy education on the attitude of nursing students towards persons with disabilities.

Methods

This study is a one-group pretest-posttest design: a quasi-experimental study. The study population consisted of 38 students who were enrolled in the advocacy course in the final year of nursing school in a public university. A ten-week Disability Advocacy Education Program was implemented. Data was collected using the Data Sheet and Multidimensional Attitudes Scale Toward Persons with Disabilities.

Results

Male students were found to have higher mean scores after the education; there was no statistically significant difference for other variables such as family structure, place of residence, and whether they have received education on disabilities.

Conclusions

Nursing students have a positive attitude towards people with disabilities, and that male students’ attitudes improved after education.

Implications for International Audience

Advocacy education provided to students help them develop a positive attitude towards people with disabilities.


Corresponding author: Gülden Basit, Fundamentals of Nursing Department, Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Nursing, Yaka Mah. Beyşehir Cad. D Blok no:281, Meram, Konya, Turkey, Phone: +9 03323202026, E-mail:

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to the students who participated in this study.

  1. Research funding: None declared.

  2. Author Contribution: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  3. Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.

  4. Informed consent: Informed consent was obtained from all individuals included in this study.

  5. Ethical approval: The Necmettin Erbakan University Non-Medication, and Non-Medical Equipment Research Ethics Board granted ethics approval for this study. The study number approval was November 4, 2020/3.

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Received: 2021-12-21
Accepted: 2022-05-14
Published Online: 2022-05-30

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