Authors

Marta Lluesma-Vidal1, Laura García-Garcés2, Mª Inmaculada Sánchez-López3, Cayetana Ruiz-Zaldibar4

Position

1Doctora (Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera). Departamento de Enfermería. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera (CEU Universities). Alfara del Patriarca (Valencia)2Doctora (Universidad Católica de Valencia). Departamento de Enfermería. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera (CEU Universities). Alfara del Patriarca (Valencia)3Doctora (Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera). Departamento de Enfermería. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera (CEU Universities). Alfara del Patriarca (Valencia)4Doctora (Universidad de Navarra). Departamento de Enfermería. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera (CEU Universities). Alfara del Patriarca (Valencia)

Contact address

Cayetana Ruiz Zaldibar. Departamento de Enfermería. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera. C/ Santiago Ramón y Cajal, s/n

Contact email: cayetana.ruizzaldibar@uchceu.es

Abstract

Objective: to understand the level of satisfaction among Nursing students and the difficulties found regarding the Service-Learning methodology in the development of Health Promotion skills, within the subject Public Health and Community Nursing I.
Method: the Service-Learning Project was conducted in three stages: 1) training students in knowledge about Community Nursing and Health Education; 2) contact with those associations near the university, and design of Health Workshops and materials that would be offered to the associations (in 10-student groups); 3) implementation of workshops by the students. An ad hoc questionnaire was designed in order to measure the satisfaction with the Service-Learning project. The Mann-Whitney U Test and the Spearman Correlation Coefficient were used for the bivariate analysis of satisfaction with gender and age.
Results: students had a very high satisfaction level (mean: 8.07), regardless of gender and age. Difficulties were found at the time of implementing this methodology, such as the incompatibility of schedules between students and the association, or the low attendance of people to the sessions.
Conclusions: the development of Service-Learning activities for the Nursing students to acquire skills in Health Promotion is a methodology with a high level of satisfaction. However, barriers were found in its implementation, such as difficulties with the timetables of the students and the associations.

Keywords:

service-Learning; health promotion; health education; public health; university education; university education

Versión en Español

Título:

Satisfacción del alumnado de Enfermería en la promoción de la salud a través del aprendizaje-servicio