University of Alaska-Anchorage, School of Nursing, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA.
J Nurs Educ. 2009 Sep;48(9):519-22. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20090610-06.
Refugees' cultural beliefs, communication barriers, and low health literacy may lead to health disparities within the Western health care system. This article describes a teaching-learning strategy emphasizing the community partnership between a baccalaureate school of nursing, an immigrant-refugee program, and a community literacy program in a rural state. Senior community health nursing students partnered with an immigrant-refugee program and a community literacy program to provide health promotion and prevention services to recently immigrated Hmong and Russian refugees. Priority health needs were identified and culturally appropriate health promotion and prevention education modules were designed and implemented by students. Students collaborated with community agencies and businesses to increase access to health resources for these vulnerable populations. Outcomes were the provision of cultural awareness experiences for nursing students and access to health care with increased knowledge of Western health care practices and beliefs for refugees.
难民的文化信仰、沟通障碍和低健康素养可能导致他们在西方医疗保健系统中出现健康差距。本文描述了一种教学策略，强调了农村州的护理学士学位学校、移民难民计划和社区扫盲计划之间的社区伙伴关系。高级社区卫生护理专业的学生与移民难民计划和社区扫盲计划合作，为最近移民的苗族和俄罗斯难民提供健康促进和预防服务。学生确定了优先健康需求，并设计和实施了适合文化的健康促进和预防教育模块。学生与社区机构和企业合作，为这些弱势群体增加获得卫生资源的机会。结果是为护理学生提供文化意识体验，并为难民提供医疗服务，同时增加他们对西方医疗保健实践和信仰的了解。
