The aim of the study is to determine effect of program about developing nursing students' attitudes towards refugees based on contact hypothesis on Xenophobia, Attitude towards Refugees and Intercultural Sensitivity.
This Randomized Controlled Trials has been conducted with Bachelor's degree in nursing. Ninety students selected and randomly assigned to the intervention and control group as 45 students. Intervention group received a program about developing refugees health for 12 weeks. The content of this program consists of education and practices for refugees health. Primary Outcome Measure: Xenophobia, Attitude towards Refugees and Intercultural Sensitivity Scale.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
90
In the first three weeks, education were given to the intervention group about refugees. Students watched a film on the theme of migration. After than the students contacted refugees in three different centers ( an immigrant health center, a school and a civil Society Organization) each of them for a total of nine weeks and two days a week.
Selcuk University
Konya, Selcuklu, Turkey (Türkiye)
Selcuk University
Konya, Selcuklu, Turkey (Türkiye)
Selcuk University
Konya, Turkey (Türkiye)
Xenophobia,
Xenophobia Scale: The scale consists of 11 items and a single factor structure. The lowest score that can be obtained from Likert type scale (6 options) is 14 and the highest score is 84; The higher the score, the higher the risk of xenophobia.
Time frame: 12 weeks
Attitude towards Refugees
Attitude towards Refugees Scale: The scale is a likert type (5 options) and has 5 sub-dimensions
Time frame: 12 weeks
Intercultural Sensitivity
Intercultural Sensitivity Scale: The scale consists of 24 items and is a five-point likert type. The lowest total score that can be obtained from the scale is 24 and the highest total score is 120. The increase in the total score obtained from the scale indicates that the level of cultural sensitivity increased.
Time frame: 12 weeks
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