2021 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Changes in students' attitudes towards homeless people: a longitudinal and cross-sectional study of medical and nursing students
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21K17254
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| Research Institution | Nagoya City University |
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Principal Investigator |
サロンガ レジナルドバヤニ 名古屋市立大学, 高等教育院, 語学講師 (10831018)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-04-01 – 2026-03-31
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| Keywords | HPATHI / homeless people / attitudes / nursing students / medical students |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Theoretically, students enter medical/nursing program with an existing set of positive attitudes toward providing health care to those who are sick. Homeless people face several financial and nonfinancial barriers to accessing health care, and they are frequently stigmatized as troublesome and undesirable patients. The aim of this study was to analyze the attitudes of sixth-year medical students and fourth-year nursing students toward homeless people and the effect of age, gender, or any contact with homeless people on these attitudes. The Health Professional Attitudes Toward the Homeless Inventory (HPATHI), was administered to sixth-year medical students and fourth-year nursing students of Nagoya City University (NCU) in 2021.
The HPATHI was completed by 90 medical students, for an overall response rate of 90%. The records of 90 students (67.8 percent male and 30.0 percent female) who had all required data were used for data analysis. The average age for all the students was 24.6 years (SE=0.16) with a range of twenty-three to thirty-two years. The mean HPATHI score was 74 (SE=0.69) out of maximum 90 on the instrument.
In the case of nursing students, the HPATHI was completed by 82 nursing students, for an overall response rate of 96.5%. The records of 82 students (98.8 percent female and 1.2 percent male) who had all required data were used for data analysis. The average age for all the students was 21.2 years (SE=0.07) with a range of twenty-one to twenty-three years. The mean HPATHI score was 73.30 (SE=0.69) out of maximum 90 on the instrument.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
The administration of the survey forms has been conducted as planned in 2021 and at the beginning of AY 2022 amidst irregularities of face-to-face class in our university. The researcher has decided to postpone all planned participation in academic meetings because of COVID-19 and focused more on assuring that data will be collected as proposed.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
This is a longitudinal study based on before and after surveys and series of cross-sectional surveys. The target participant will be the medical and nursing students enrolled in a university from AY 2022 to AY 2025 (in progress), graduating students from AY 2021 (accomplished) to AY 2025 and first year-students from AY 2023 to AY 2025. Those who provide us with consent to written information of the study will participate in the study.
The researcher is also planning to participate in aligned academic meetings, especially meetings on public health, medical sociology, and sustainable development. The current data is being carefully analyzed and at the same time the writing of article is in progress.
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| Causes of Carryover |
The researcher has decided to postpone all planned participation in academic meetings because of COVID-19 and focused more on assuring that data will be collected as proposed.
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