Research Priorities for School Nursing in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Al‐Yateem, Nabeel; Docherty, Charles; Brenner, Maria; Alhosany, Jameela; Altawil, Hanan; Al-Tamimi, Muna

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“…Nursing and midwifery research in Arab countries is part of the overall medical research in Arab countries, which has been lagging relative to other countries [80–89]. However, nursing and midwifery research in Arab countries is on the rise and expected to advance nursing practice and healthcare services in Arab countries.…”

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Nursing and midwifery research activity in Arab countries from 1950 to 2017

Sweileh

Huijer

Al-Jabi

et al. 2019

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background Nursing and midwifery research activity is an important indicator of the quality of healthcare services and the status of nursing profession. The main aim of this study was to assess the research activity in nursing and midwifery field in Arab countries. Method The current study implemented bibliometric method using Scopus database. The search strategy used country affiliation or journal name or keywords as a strategy to retrieve the required documents. The study period was from 1950 to2017. Analysis included a presentation of bibliometric indicators and VOSviewer mapping of the retrieved data. Result 2935 documents were retrieved making up less than 1% of global nursing and midwifery research output. Of the retrieved documents, 25% were published in high rank (first quartile = Q1) journals. The majority (56.7%) of the retrieved documents were published in the last five years of the study period. The retrieved documents received an average of 6.9 citations per document with an h -index of 47. The total number of authors who took part in publishing the retrieved documents was 10,572, giving an average of 3.6 authors per article. Jordan ranked first in research output. Researchers from Jordan took part in over than one third (1023; 34.9%) of the retrieved documents. Lebanon (35.5%) ranked first in the percentage of documents published in Q1 journals. The United Arab Emirates ranked first in the percentage (67.4%) of publications with international authors. The most active journal involved in publishing nursing research from Arab countries was Life Science Journal (158; 5.4%). The University of Jordan was the most productive institution while the American University of Beirut ranked first in the percentage (36.9%) of documents published in Q1 journals. Author keyword analysis and10 most cited articles showed that non-communicable diseases and nursing education were the focus of nursing research in Arab countries. Conclusions Nursing and midwifery research activity in Arab countries has dramatically increased especially over the past five years. Despite this, nursing research is still in its infancy, lagging in quantity and quality compared to developed countries. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12913-019-4178-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Nursing and midwifery research activity in Arab countries from 1950 to 2017

Sweileh

Huijer

Al-Jabi

et al. 2019

BMC Health Serv Res

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“…School nurses in the UAE recently identified the management of students with complex health-care needs as the highest priority area for research along with a number of other priorities including the psychological and behavioral well-being of students [ 3 ]. If school nurses in the UAE are to adequately care for the complex needs of school children and support promotion of mental health, prevention of mental illness and early intervention for those developing mental illness, a high level of mental health literacy is required.…”

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Mental health literacy of school nurses in the United Arab Emirates

Al‐Yateem

Rossiter

Robb

et al. 2018

Int J Ment Health Syst

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BackgroundTo support promotion, prevention and early intervention for mental illness school nurses need to be mental health literate.MethodsThree hundred and thirty-nine school nurses employed in government and private schools from three Emirates in the UAE were surveyed. A culturally adapted Mental Health Literacy questionnaire comprising three vignettes of fictional characters meeting diagnostic criteria for the target conditions along with the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) was administered to ascertain school nurses’ ability to correctly identify the conditions and to elicit beliefs about helpfulness of treatment interventions and of health care providers for these conditions.ResultsLess than 50% of the respondents correctly identified the disorders presented, while accurate identification of evidence-based interventions was also limited. Correlations between level of psychological distress and level of inaccurate survey responses was also revealed, respondents who correctly identified the correct diagnosis of the vignette and the most appropriate interventions were those who had a significantly lower K10 score.ConclusionsLow levels of mental health literacy amongst respondents in combination with potential religious and cultural factors as reported in the literature, highlight the need for curriculum enhancements for future health professionals and a targeted program of culturally appropriate professional development focused on mental health promotion for those in clinical practice. The level of psychological distress noted in this cohort also signals a need to ensure that appropriate supports are available for clinical staff employed in schools.

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“…Various authors have undertaken nursing research priority scoping exercises using Delphi or similar consensus methodology (e.g. Al-Yateem et al 2016;Kenkre et al 2013;Spies et al 2015) . These studies are variable and tend to focus on nurses identifying research priorities, rather than necessarily using a more encompassing mix of patients, national health targets matched with available resources and skill sets.…”

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Developing nursing research in the United Arab Emirates: a narrative review

McCreaddie

Kuzemski

Griffiths

et al. 2017

International Nursing Review

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There are specific challenges for the United Arab Emirates. However, the country is well placed to learn from the experiences of colleagues elsewhere. Time and commitment is required to build the solid foundations necessary to ensure robust, sustained growth. Identifying research capacity as both a process and outcome at the outset may also assist. Further, it may be prudent to consider initiating a Gulf Coast Countries' collaborative approach to building research capacity to harness scare resources and create a larger critical mass.

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Research Priorities for School Nursing in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Cited by 11 publications

References 38 publications

Nursing and midwifery research activity in Arab countries from 1950 to 2017

Nursing and midwifery research activity in Arab countries from 1950 to 2017

Mental health literacy of school nurses in the United Arab Emirates

Developing nursing research in the United Arab Emirates: a narrative review

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