Tran Yen, Jarrett Jennie, Gardner Scott, Fernando James, Milliron Mark, Hong Lisa
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy, Loma Linda, CA, United States.
College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Front Med (Lausanne). 2021 Sep 27;8:742406. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.742406. eCollection 2021.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of capacity-building short-term mission service trips to Sierra Leone on local health education and perspectives. This was a prospective, mixed-methods study. During three mission trips between June 2017 and December 2019, health professional students taught multiple locally selected patient care-related topics. Local staff completed knowledge questionnaires and were surveyed or interviewed on mission service impact along with the cultural competence of missionaries. Mission team members completed the Intercultural Effectiveness Scale (IES) and surveys to determine their cultural competence. After initial education, 90% passed the knowledge questionnaire with at least a 50% and the correct response rate was 57.9 vs. 66.7% after 6 months and 2.5 years, respectively ( = 0.40). Local staff ranked education/training as most valuable (84%) and highly desired (53%). Mean IES score and survey responses of both missionaries and local staff rated mission team cultural competence as average. Education-focused mission trips in Sierra Leone seem to have long-lasting benefits and a positive impact on local staff, though improved intercultural competence is needed.
本研究的目的是评估前往塞拉利昂的能力建设短期传教服务之旅对当地健康教育及观念的影响。这是一项前瞻性的混合方法研究。在2017年6月至2019年12月期间的三次传教之旅中，健康专业学生讲授了多个当地选定的与患者护理相关的主题。当地工作人员完成了知识问卷，并就传教服务影响以及传教士的文化能力接受了调查或访谈。传教团队成员完成了跨文化效能量表（IES）及调查，以确定他们的文化能力。初始教育后，90%的人以至少50%的正确率通过了知识问卷，6个月和2.5年后的正确回答率分别为57.9%和66.7%（P = 0.40）。当地工作人员将教育/培训评为最有价值（84%）且非常渴望（53%）。传教士和当地工作人员的平均IES得分及调查回复将传教团队的文化能力评为中等。尽管需要提高跨文化能力，但在塞拉利昂以教育为重点的传教之旅似乎具有长期益处，并对当地工作人员产生积极影响。
