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Effectiveness of Community Health Worker/Nursing Student Teams as a Strategy for Public Health Nursing Education |
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| Authors: | Gail Zandee Debra Bossenbroek Meghan Friesen Kari Blech Ruth Engbers |
| Affiliation: | 1. R.N., M.S.N., is Community Partnership Coordinator, Nursing Department, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan;2. R.N., M.S.N., F.N.P.‐B.C., is Assistant Professor of Nursing, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan;3. R.N., B.S.N., is an Alumna, Calvin College Nursing Program, Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| Abstract: | ABSTRACT A unique program that partners community health workers with nursing students was developed in response to community‐based participatory research data and integrated into a public health practicum at a baccalaureate nursing program in West Michigan. The goal of the program is to promote the health of 3 underserved urban neighborhoods while educating nursing students in population health and public health nursing. The purpose of this paper is to describe program conception and implementation and discuss evaluation of educational outcomes as a public health learning experience. |
| Keywords: | community‐based participatory research community health workers nursing students public health nursing education |