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The impact of service-learning on students’ cultural competence

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to enhance students’ cultural competence through a servicelearning project in a community clinic. This quasi-experimental study used a pretest–posttest control group design. Twenty-six nursing students volunteered either in the comparison or in the experimental group. The students in the experimental group significantly increased their cultural knowledge (Z = ?2.51, p = .01) and the total score of cultural competence (Z = ?2.07, p = .04).

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  • Chen, H., McAdams-Jones, D., Tay, D. L., & Packer, J. M. (2012). The impact of service–learning on students’ cultural competence. Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 7(2), 67–73.
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Relevant Evidence Summaries

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What is the impact of cultural competence training among health and mental health providers?

Evidence about the impact of cultural competence training on client health and mental health outcomes is generally inconclusive. Five systematic reviews, including one review of reviews, all published within the past ten years, concur that existing studies lack adequate methodological rigor to draw conclusions about the impact of cultural competence training and programming. Additionally, existing […]

About this study

AGE: Multiple Age Groups

DIRECTION OF EVIDENCE: Inconclusive or mixed impact

FULL TEXT AVAILABILITY: Paid

GENDER: All

HOST COUNTRY: United States

HOST COUNTRY INCOME: High

INTERVENTION: Service Learning

STRENGTH OF EVIDENCE: Inconclusive or mixed impact

TYPE OF STUDY: Impact evaluation

YEAR PUBLISHED: 2012

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