Salerno John P, McEwing Evan, Matsuda Yui, Gonzalez-Guarda Rosa M, Ogunrinde Olutola, Azaiza Mona, Williams Jessica R
Department of Behavioral and Community Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD, USA.
School of Nursing and Health Studies, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
Public Health Nurs. 2018 Sep;35(5):450-457. doi: 10.1111/phn.12402. Epub 2018 Apr 17.
Public health nursing (PHN) is an essential component of baccalaureate nursing education. In order to build PHN competencies, universities must design and operationalize meaningful clinical activities addressing community and population health. Currently, there is a paucity of literature delineating best practices for promoting competency in PHN.
The purpose of this manuscript is to describe a PHN-student health fair program as a means for meeting undergraduate PHN curricular standards, and to report results of an evaluation conducted examining its effectiveness in improving community member's health knowledge.
Health fairs were held at community agencies that served the homeless or victims of intimate partner violence. A total of 113 community members that attended a health fair were assessed at baseline and immediate posttest using open-ended questionnaires. The design of the health fairs included a community assessment, intervention, and evaluation flow that followed the nursing process.
We report that results from participants surveyed indicated that PHN-student delivered health fairs improved health knowledge among community members in this sample (p = .000).
Health fairs conducted by PHN students appear to be promising community health promotion and disease prevention interventions that can serve as an effective strategy for teaching PHN student competencies and facilitating engagement with the community.
公共卫生护理（PHN）是护理学学士学位教育的重要组成部分。为培养公共卫生护理能力，大学必须设计并开展针对社区和人群健康的有意义的临床活动。目前，关于阐述提高公共卫生护理能力最佳实践的文献匮乏。
本文旨在描述一项公共卫生护理专业学生健康博览会项目，作为达到本科公共卫生护理课程标准的一种方式，并报告一项评估结果，该评估考察了该项目在提高社区成员健康知识方面的有效性。
在为无家可归者或亲密伴侣暴力受害者提供服务的社区机构举办健康博览会。使用开放式问卷对总共113名参加健康博览会的社区成员在基线和测试后即刻进行评估。健康博览会的设计包括遵循护理程序的社区评估、干预和评估流程。
我们报告，参与调查的参与者的结果表明，公共卫生护理专业学生举办的健康博览会提高了该样本中社区成员的健康知识（p = .000）。
公共卫生护理专业学生举办的健康博览会似乎是有前景的社区健康促进和疾病预防干预措施，可作为教授公共卫生护理专业学生能力以及促进与社区互动的有效策略。
