Warning: include(/files/wp-rocket/config/www.switchboardta.org.php): Failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /code/wp-content/plugins/wp-rocket/inc/classes/Buffer/class-config.php on line 124 Warning: include(): Failed opening '/code/wp-content/uploads/wp-rocket/config/www.switchboardta.org.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear:/usr/share/php') in /code/wp-content/plugins/wp-rocket/inc/classes/Buffer/class-config.php on line 124 The impact of service-learning on students' cultural competence - Switchboard

The impact of service-learning on students’ cultural competence

Year Published: 2012

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 pretestposttest 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).

Citation

Chen, H., McAdams-Jones, D., Tay, D. L., & Packer, J. M. (2012). The impact of servicelearning on students cultural competence. Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 7(2), 6773.

Relevant Evidence Summaries

The evidence was reviewed and included in the following summaries:

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

More STUDIES

Diversity initiatives in the US workplace: A brief history, their intended and unintended consequences

Diversity initiatives are designed to help workers from disadvantaged backgrounds achieve equitable opportunities and outcomes in organizations. However, these programs are often ineffective. To better

Diversity initiative effectiveness: A typological theory of unintended consequences

The purpose of diversity initiatives is to help groups that face disadvantage in society achieve better outcomes in organizations, but they do not necessarily work

Building a framework for inclusion in health services research: Development of and pre-implementation faculty and staff attitudes toward the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) plan at Mayo Clinic

Objective:To mitigate the impact of racism, sexism, and other systemic biases, it is essential for organizations to develop strategies to address their diversity, equity and