Authors

1Enrique Ramón Arbués, 2Raúl Juárez Vela, 3Blanca Martínez Abadía, 4Susana Martín Gómez

Position

¹Enfermero especialista en Obstetricia y Ginecología (matrona). Doctor por la Universidad de Zaragoza. Profesor Grado en Enfermería. Facultad de CC de la Salud. Campus Universitario de Villanueva de Gállego. Universidad San Jorge (USJ) de Zaragoza.²Enfermero. Doctor por la Universidad Europea de Madrid. Profesor Grado en Enfermería. Facultad de CC de la Salud. Campus de Villanueva de Gállego. USJ de Zaragoza.³Enfermera especialista en Enfermería del Trabajo. Profesora Grado en Enfermería. Facultad de CC de la Salud. Campus de Villanueva de Gállego. USJ de Zaragoza.⁴Enfermera especialista en Obstetricia y Ginecología (matrona).  CS Perpetuo Socorro. Huesca.

Contact address

Enrique Ramón Arbués. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Campus Universitario de Villanueva de Gállego. Universidad San Jorge. Autovía A-23 Zaragoza-Hu

Contact email: eramon@usj.es

Abstract

Objectives: to assess the effectiveness of a Learning-Care Project (LC) conducted by Nursing students, on acquiring knowledge, attitudes and values towards blood donation in Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO) students.
Method: quasi-experimental before-after study on 31 Nursing students who had received training on blood donation, and 171 Compulsory Secondary Education students. A briefing with audiovisual support on blood donation, for small groups. Ad hoc questionnaires were designed to assess the intervention. In order to conduct the before-after comparisons (after the intervention and at three months), Student’s t test was used for paired samples.
Results: at the end of the intervention, 88.8% of Nursing students reported an increase in their knowledge about blood donation. 80.7% of ESO students reported a higher awareness about the importance of being a blood donor, and an increase in their knowledge about this matter; the knowledge acquired by ESO students remained stable three months after the intervention (p< 0.05).
Conclusions: the results obtained show an increase in knowledge and a higher positiveness in beliefs and values of both student groups regarding blood donation. Leaning-care can be a recommended educational strategy in Nursing training. For this aim, teachers must be able to explore the training needs and preferences of their pupils, and to link them with community needs.

Keywords:

Learning-care; blood donors; population education; Nursing education; community-based participative researchquasi-experimental before-after study

Versión en Español

Título:

Impacto de un proyecto de aprendizaje-servicio con estudiantes de Enfermería