Department of Bioinformatics, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, Jerusalem College of Technology, 7 Beit Hadfus Street, Jerusalem 95483, Israel.
Department of Epidemiology Biostatistics and Community Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jul 28;19(15):9215. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19159215.
In line with findings that nurses from minority groups have an important role in making health services accessible to their community, our study aimed to identify the challenges ultra-Orthodox Jewish nurses faced during COVID-19 in their encounters with patients and health staff from other communities, as well as their own community. The ultra-Orthodox community is a highly religious group that maintains isolation from general society, a phenomenon that affected its member experiences during COVID-19. Our research followed sequential explanatory mixed methods. The quantitative phase included a questionnaire completed by 235 female students (111 ultra-Orthodox and 124 non-ultra-Orthodox), followed by a qualitative phase, which included six focus-groups ( = 15). The quantitative analysis showed that the ultra-Orthodox students felt a higher sense of responsibility toward their community. They used their authority and knowledge to guide their community during the pandemic. The qualitative analysis identified two themes expressed as challenges ultra-Orthodox nursing students encountered within their community and with other sections of Israeli society. Our research shows the important role that transcultural nurses play in mediating updated health information otherwise inaccessible to their community, especially in times of crises. It is important to address dilemmas this group faces inside and outside their respective communities.
与少数族裔护士在使社区获得医疗服务方面发挥重要作用的发现一致，我们的研究旨在确定极端正统派犹太护士在与来自其他社区的患者和卫生人员以及自己社区的接触中所面临的挑战。极端正统派社区是一个高度宗教化的群体，与一般社会隔离，这种现象影响了其成员在 COVID-19 期间的经历。我们的研究采用了顺序解释性混合方法。定量阶段包括由 235 名女学生（111 名极端正统派和 124 名非极端正统派）完成的问卷，随后进行定性阶段，包括 6 个焦点小组（= 15）。定量分析表明，极端正统派学生对自己的社区感到更高的责任感。他们在大流行期间利用自己的权威和知识来指导自己的社区。定性分析确定了两个主题，即极端正统派护理学生在社区内部和与以色列社会其他部门遇到的挑战。我们的研究表明，跨文化护士在向其社区传播否则无法获得的最新健康信息方面发挥着重要作用，尤其是在危机时期。解决该群体在各自社区内外面临的困境非常重要。
